Leicester Tigers v Newcastle Falcons: Summer signings to debut in...

Leicester Tigers blood a trio of their summer signings this afternoon in the Aviva Premiership opener against Newcastle Falcons at Welford Road (3.

0).

Seremaia Bai, Freddie Burns and Leonardo Ghiraldini will all make their competitive Leicester debuts in the starting line-up named by director of rugby Richard Cockerill.

Fiji international Bai will link up with Manu Tuilagi at centre, while Burns is named at fly-half.

Ghiraldini starts at hooker with Tom Youngs named among the replacements.

Back-row forward Robert Barbieri, another of Tigers new recruits, is also on the bench.

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