Leicester v Leeds: Teams
Leicester will be buoyed by the return of England duo Dan Hipkiss and Dan Cole for the visit of Leeds on Saturday.
Last Updated: 25/09/10 11:33am
Leicester will be buoyed by the return of England duo Dan Hipkiss and Dan Cole for the visit of Leeds on Saturday.
Hipkiss comes back into the side after recovering from an ankle injury, while Cole slots straight into the front row.
Summer signings Rob Hawkins, Steve Mafi and Horacio Agulla are all named on the bench for the match.
"It's great to have Dan Hipkiss back fully fit, especially with some other injuries in the backline," said director of rugby Richard Cockerill.
"In the forwards we have a number of quality options to choose from and Dan Cole gets his starting place this week.
"Our attack has been pretty good in the opening three games, we just have to make sure our defence is better. We have to be more accurate in what we're doing."
Winless Leeds have made three changes to their line-up as they look to topple defending Premiership champions Leicester.
Leigh Hinton, Ceiron Thomas and Rhys Oakley come into the starting XV - with Semi Tadulala, Christian Lewis-Pratt and Kearnan Myall making way.
Leicester:15 Geordan Murphy (c), 14 Scott Hamilton, 13 Dan Hipkiss, 12 Billy Twelvetrees, 11 Alesana Tuilagi, 10 Jeremy Staunton, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Thomas Waldrom, 7 Ben Woods, 6 Tom Croft, 5 George Skivington, 4 Ed Slater, 3 Dan Cole, 2 George Chuter, 1 Marcos Ayerza.
Replacements: 16 Rob Hawkins, 17 Boris Stankovich, 18 Martin Castrogiovanni, 19 Steve Mafi, 20 Craig Newby, 21 James Grindal, 22 Horacio Agulla, 23 Manu Tuilagi.
Leeds: 15 Leigh Hinton, 14 Lee Blackett, 13 James Tincknell, 12 Scott Barrow, 11 Mike Stephenson, 10 Ceiron Thomas, 9 Scott Mathie, 8 Daniel Browne, 7 Hendre Fourie, 6 Rhys Oakley, 5 Marco Wentzel (c), 4 Tom Denton, 3 Juan Gomez, 2 Steve Thompson, 1 Mike MacDonald.
Replacements: 16 Andy Titterell, 17 Gareth Hardy, 18 Phil Swainston, 19 Danny Paul, 20 Sean Hohneck, 21 Warren Fury, 22 Semi Tadulala, 23 Henry Faafili