The teams were announced this afternoon for Saturday evening’s match in the opening round of the Heineken Cup at Welford Road. Kick off 19:45.
Coach Doak has made three changes to the team that started against Glasgow with Craig Gilroy coming in for the injured Andrew Trimble, Lewis Stevenson steps up for the suspended Alan O’Connor and a fit again Paddy Jackson nudges Ian Humphreys out of the squad, the versatile Stuart Olding claiming the out half bench spot.
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Leicester
15 Mathew Tait
14 Blaine Scully
13 Manusamoa Tuilagi
12 Owen Williams
11 Vereniki Goneva
10 Freddie Burns
9 Ben Youngs (c)
1 Marcos Ayerza
2 Leonardo Ghiraldini
3 Fraser Balmain
4 Brad Thorn
5 Graham Kitchener
6 Jamie Gibson
7 Julian Salvi
8 Jordan Crane
16 Harry Thacker
17 Michele Rizzo
18 Tiziano Pasquali
19 Sebastian de Chaves
20 Robert Barbieri
21 David Mele
22 Sam Harrison
23 Miles Benjamin
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A month ago when I watched Bath dismantle Leicester 45 – 0 at the Rec I was . . .
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