Leicester v Harlequins: Teams

Harlequins have made a handful of changes for their trip to face Guinness Premiership leaders Leicester on Saturday.

Renowned as one of the toughest places to go - Tigers have won their last 19 home league games - Quins will be looking to upset the balance this weekend with a win that would banish last weekend's Twickenham defeat to Saracens.

After being injured in Quins' game at the Stoop against Newcastle, Chris Robshaw returns to the forward pack. The two other changes in the forwards are in the front-row with the injured Chris Brooker and Ceri Jones being replaced by Matt Cairns and Aston Croall.

The last-minute withdrawal of Nick Evans last week saw Rory Clegg step into the number 10 shirt, where he will also start tomorrow. Ugo Monye regains his starting position on the wing.

After impressing in Monday night's A league game at the Stoop against Wasps, academy stars, Joe Marler and Sam Smith get called up to the bench.

Illness

Leicester are unbeaten in their last 13 matches against Harlequins in all competitions and have suffered just one defeat in their last 10 Guinness Premiership matches.

And the Tigers have named international forwards Dan Cole and Craig Newby in their starting line-up for Saturday's home game.

Cole, one of England's top performers in this season's Six Nations, starts at tighthead prop, while Newby takes the number eight shirt after Jordan Crane was ruled out by a knock picked up in last Sunday's win over Newcastle.

The back-line from the trip to Newcastle remains intact as Alesana Tuilagi is recovering from the calf injury which ruled him out last weekend.

Martin Castrogiovanni is named among the replacements and fellow front-rower Boris Stankovich returns to the matchday 23 after illness. Brett Deacon is added to the squad as cover in the back-row positions.

"Harlequins are still trying to get a European spot so they have their targets and they will want to come and finish the season on a high," said Tigers head coach Richard Cockerill.

"If we win that definitely gives us a home semi-final, but we need to go out and perform, we can't sit back."

Leicester: 15 Geordan Murphy (capt), 14 Scott Hamilton, 13 Matt Smith, 12 Anthony Allen, 11 Johne Murphy, 10 Toby Flood, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Craig Newby, 7 Lewis Moody, 6 Tom Croft, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Louis Deacon, 3 Dan Cole, 2 Mefin Davies, 1 Marcos Ayerza.
Replacements: 16 George Chuter, 17 Boris Stankovich, 18 Martin Castrogiovanni, 19 Ben Kay, 20 Brett Deacon, 21 James Grindal, 22 Jeremy Staunton, 23 Lucas Amorosino.

Harlequins: 15 Mike Brown, 14 David Strettle, 13 George Lowe, 12 Jordan Turner-Hall, 11 Ugo Monye, 10 Rory Clegg, 9 Danny Care 8 Nick Easter, 7 Will Skinner (capt), 6 Chris Robshaw, 5 George Robson, 4 James Percival, 3 John Andress, 2 Matt Cairns, 1 Aston Croall.
Replacements: 16 Tani Fuga, 17 Joe Marler, 18 James Johnston, 19 Lewis Stevenson, 20 Tom Guest, 21 Karl Dickson, 22 Nils Mordt, 23 Sam Smith.