Harlequins v Leicester: Teams
Quins will be looking forward to a welcome return to the Stoop on Saturday, having been there only once in the past seven weeks.
Last Updated: 27/01/12 1:47pm
Both Harlequins and Leicester will field much-changed line-ups when they face-off in the LV= Cup at the Stoop on Saturday.
The two sides have been depleted by call-ups to England and England Saxons, and in any case would likely have been keen to give several youngsters a chance in the competition.
Quins will field a completely changed starting XV, with Ross Chisholm at full-back for and Tom Williams and Seb Stegmann joining him in the back three.
Tom Casson and Benjamin Urdapilleta form the centre pairing outside Rory Clegg and Richard Bolt as the half-back partnership.
Up front, Rob Buchanan starts at hooker, alongside props Mark Lambert and Tim Fairbrother in the front row.
Pete Browne and Charlie Matthews combine at lock, while in the back row Tom Guest continues his return from injury alongside Luke Wallace and Will Skinner, who captains the team from openside.
Meanwhile, flanker Ben Woods will captain Leicester in this LV= Cup after being the only player retained from the Tigers' Heineken Cup win over Aironi last time out.
Niall Morris, Scott Hamilton, Boris Stankovich, Graham Kitchener and Ben Pienaar are also included in the starting XV.
George Ford and Sam Harrison team up at half-back and Andrew Forsyth, who played in the opening two returns to the backline after recovering from an ankle injury.
Alex Lewington is included on the wing following his hat-trick of tries in the win over Leeds Carnegie in the Aviva Premiership 'A' League competition a week ago.
Jimmy Stevens, who made his senior debut off the bench against Aironi, is joined in the front row by Samoan prop Logoviii Mulipola and Stankovich, while Calum Green returns from a back injury to make his first appearance of the season at lock.
Harlequins: 15 Ross Chisholm, 14 Seb Stegmann, 13 Ben Urdapilleta, 12 Tom Casson, 11 Tom Williams, 10 Rory Clegg, 9 Richard Bolt, 8 Tom Guest, 7 Will Skinner (capt), 6 Luke Wallace, 5 Charlie Matthews, 4 Pete Browne, 3 Tim Fairbrother, 2 Rob Buchanan, 1 Mark Lambert.
Replacements: 16 Nic Mayhew, 17 Daryl Marfo, 18 Will Collier, 19 Tom Vallejos, 20 Chris York, 21 Sam Stuart, 22 Charlie Walker, 23 Ollie Lindsay-Hague.
Leicester: 15 Niall Morris, 14 Scott Hamilton, 13 Dante Mama, 12 Andy Forsyth, 11 Alex Lewington, 10 George Ford, 9 Sam Harrison, 8 Ben Pienaar, 7 Tom Armes, 6 Ben Woods (capt), 5 Graham Kitchener, 4 Calum Green, 3 Logoviii Mulipola, 2 Jimmy Stevens, 1 Boris Stankovich.
Replacements: 16 George Chuter, 17 Jonny Harris, 18 Ryan Bower, 19 Joe Cain, 20 James Doyle, 21 James Grindal, 22 Jeremy Staunton, 23 Matt Smith.