Team v Harlequins

[Tigerbeat]

Dan Cole and Craig Newby return to the Leicester Tigers line-up for Saturday's home game against Harlequins in the Guinness Premiership (3pm).

Cole, one of England's top performers in the RBS 6 Nations, starts at tighthead prop and Newby takes the No8 shirt after Jordan Crane was ruled out by a knock picked up in last Sunday's win over Newcastle Falcons.

The backline 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 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."

Tickets are still available for Saturday's game. Contact the Tigers ticket office by phoning the hotline on 0844 856 1880, book online or call in at Welford Road. The office is open until 5pm on Friday and from 9am on matchday.

Leicester Tigers (v Harlequins, Welford Road, Saturday 3pm)
15 Geordan Murphy (c)
14 Scott Hamilton
13 Matt Smith
12 Anthony Allen
11 Johne Murphy
10 Toby Flood
9 Ben Youngs
1 Marcos Ayerza
2 Mefin Davies
3 Dan Cole
4 Louis Deacon
5 Geoff Parling
6 Tom Croft
7 Lewis Moody
8 Craig Newby

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

[tb1]

Hopefully this should be a straightfoward enough win and dare I hope a 5 pointer?

Hopefully Lucas will get some time off the bench .

[tigermad]

That is the mother of all lineups and they should do a good number on Quins tomorrow. I too would like 5 points but would be happy with 4.

[captain_insaino]

We are going to destroy them up front. Cole, Davies and Ayerza starting with Ca stro AND boris coming off the bench

[CJ]

Guscott tips us to win by more than 7. Normally I'd reckon that's the kiss of death but we're playing so well at the moment. 5-pointer it is then.

[Bill W (2)]

Tgers win with a TBP

KEEP THE FAITH!

[tigermad]

Tgers win with a TBP

KEEP THE FAITH!

Ditto Bill W - please.

[Sam W]

This has to be the most positive pre-match thread Tigers supporters have ever had!

Should be a good win for the Tigers, I think we'll be seeing a BP and probably some penalty tries if our pack is anything to go by- Quins will struggle to keep the scrum away from their line by the looks of things

[FlyingTiger]

This has to be the most positive pre-match thread Tigers supporters have ever had!

Should be a good win for the Tigers, I think we'll be seeing a BP and probably some penalty tries if our pack is anything to go by- Quins will struggle to keep the scrum away from their line by the looks of things

That's done it then! A positive pre-match thread - were doomed!!

[Tom Tom]

This has to be the most positive pre-match thread Tigers supporters have ever had!

Should be a good win for the Tigers, I think we'll be seeing a BP and probably some penalty tries if our pack is anything to go by- Quins will struggle to keep the scrum away from their line by the looks of things

That's done it then! A positive pre-match thread - were doomed!!

AND
No one whinging about 12trees not being used again anywhere!!!!!!!!!

[Stu_F]

If Quins show some bouncebackability we are probably doomed!

[kingol22]

with the weather at the moment and the great running rugby we are seeing i wouldnt be surprised if both teams got a try bonus but i will still go with tigers to win by 15+ points.
Then again if we had 12trees we would win by more than 30

[Bill W (2)]

Tgers win with a TBP

KEEP THE FAITH!

And it was so!

[Darc Tiger]

Tgers win with a TBP

KEEP THE FAITH!

And it was so!

But what if 12Trees had played?!