Leicester Tigers side for Sunday
- 1972
Steve Borthwick has named the Leicester Tigers matchday squad to travel to Bath in Round 16 of the Premiership season.
Tom Youngs captains the side alongside Ellis Genge and Dan Cole in the front row, with Tigers Academy graduates Harry Wells and Calum Green included as the Leicester locks. George Martin, Tommy Reffell and Jasper Wiese complete the Leicester pack in the back row.
Ben Youngs, in just his second Premiership appearance of the season, is named alongside George Ford as the Tigers half-backs, with Dan Kelly partnering Matías Moroni in the Leicester midfield. Borthwick has named an unchanged back three from last weekend’s European outing for the trip to The Rec with Freddie Steward at full-back, and Kini Murimurivalu and Harry Potter as the wings.
Charlie Clare, Luan de Bruin, Joe Heyes, Tomás Lavanini and Luke Wallace are the forwards replacements and Richard Wigglesworth, Johnny McPhillips and Matt Scott are the backs on the bench
Leicester Tigers (v Bath Rugby, away Sunday 3.00pm)
15 Freddie Steward [27]
14 Harry Potter [12]
13 Matías Moroni [11]
12 Dan Kelly [13]
11 Kini Murimurivalu [14]
10 George Ford [100]
9 Ben Youngs [255]
1 Ellis Genge [81]
2 Tom Youngs (c) [208]
3 Dan Cole [256]
4 Harry Wells [116]
5 Calum Green [54]
6 George Martin [10]
7 Tommy Reffell [42]
8 Jasper Wiese [11]
Replacements
16 Charlie Clare [26]
17 Luan de Bruin [12]
18 Joe Heyes [63]
19 Tomás Lavanini [31]
20 Luke Wallace [14]
21 Richard Wigglesworth [10]
22 Johnny McPhillips [17]
23 Matt Scott [18]
