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Leicester name side to face Maori ABs

12th November 2012 13:58

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Wearing J: George Ford

Leicester have named their XV to face the Maori All Blacks at Welford Road on Tuesday, with George Ford and Mathew Tait starting at 10 and 15.

Louis Deacon returns to captain the team, while fellow internationals Tait, George Chuter, Jordan Crane, Geordan Murphy and Anthony Allen, if he is not retained by England squad, are also in the 23.

Adam Thompstone returns to the backline, Australian scrum-half Patrick Phibbs makes his first start for the club and Fraser Balmain is given a start in the front-row alongside the experience duo of Boris Stankovich and George Chuter.

Tigers will wear lettered shirts which will also carry the Poppy Appeal logo. The shirts will be auctioned online by the club to raise funds for the annual Royal British Legion Poppy appeal.

Rugby Union betting odds

Leicester Tigers: 0 Mathew Tait, N Niall Morris, M Matt Smith, L Anthony Allen, K Adam Thompstone, J George Ford, I Patrick Phibbs, H Julian Salvi, G Jordan Crane, F Ed Slater, E Graham Kitchener, D Louis Deacon (c), C Fraser Balmain, B George Chuter, A Boris Stankovich.
Replacements: P Jonny Harris, Q Jimmy Stevens, R Kieran Brookes, S Michael Noone, T Richard Thorpe, U Sam Harrison, V Dan Bowden, W Geordan Murphy.

Date: Tuesday, November 13
Kick-off: 19:30
Venue: Welford Road

Comments

melkdave says...

Good team put out by Leicester,and nice to see them wearing the old alphabet shirts lol.Havent seen them in a long long time.Echo others its a shame not on tv or even being streamed online.

Posted 14:47 13th November 2012

ArmchairGeneral says...

Can exiles/England lend Corbisiero to Leicester for this game? For sake of England.

Posted 14:32 13th November 2012

makemehappy says...

Good team - shame its not a match that's on TV!

Posted 13:12 13th November 2012

physiodan says...

He has played once, then got injurred and for last few games has been in NZ getting married, something Tigers agreed to as part of his contract, as they have with many of their overseas players. He apparently returned this week.

Posted 10:48 13th November 2012

sirtidychris says...

Has daniel bowden even played yet?

Posted 23:39 12th November 2012

paulynz says...

Tough for Daniel Bowden as he could be in the Maori All Blacks team.

Posted 19:52 12th November 2012

Centre12 says...

Will be very exciting to see how Matt Tait does at #15, a strong Maori side but Tigers should be favorites, playing week in, week out with each other, at home, and although it may be a side missing some influential players like Cole, Flood, Youngs etc its hardly a weakened side

Posted 14:53 12th November 2012

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