Tigers v Newcastle - Starting 15?

[Brianf]

Looking likely that Alesana will play a part in the Game...

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/ru ... na-7720146

[watsonjm]

Jumbo?

[Will S]

Shame we haven't still got Ryan Lamb as I bet he would be keen to play on the wing and mark Alesana

[Brianf]

Here is the Falcons team, courtesy of their website

1.Rob Vickers, 2. George McGuigan, 3. Oliver Tomaszczyk, 4. Calum Green, 5. Josh Furno, 6. Richard Mayhew, 7. Will Welch (c), 8. Ally Hogg, 9. Mike Blair, 10. Phil Godman, 11. Noah Cato, 12. Juan Pablo Socino, 13. Adam Powell, 14. Sinoti Sinoti, 15. Simon Hammersley.

Reserves:
1.Scott Lawson, 17. Alex Rogers (on loan from Tynedale), 18. Kieran Brookes, 19. Dom Barrow, 20. Andy Saull, 21. Ruki Tipuna, 22. Alex Tuilagi, 23. Gonzalo Tiesi

[Jon]

Leicester Tigers (v Newcastle Falcons, Aviva Premiership Round 1, Welford Road, Saturday 3pm)
15 Niall Morris
14 Blaine Scully
13 Manusamoa Tuilagi
12 Seremaia Bai
11 Vereniki Goneva
10 Freddie Burns
9 Ben Youngs (c)
1 Logovi'i Mulipola
2 Leonardo Ghiraldini
3 Fraser Balmain
4 Sebastian De Chaves
5 Graham Kitchener
6 Tom Croft
7 Julian Salvi
8 Jordan Crane

Replacements
16 Tom Youngs
17 Tom Bristow
18 Tiziano Pasquali
19 Jamie Gibson
20 Robert Barbieri
21 David Mele
22 Owen Williams
23 Matt Smith

From the Tigers website.

[Jumbo]

Here you go:

15 Niall Morris
14 Blaine Scully
13 Manusamoa Tuilagi
12 Seremaia Bai
11 Vereniki Goneva
10 Freddie Burns
9 Ben Youngs (c)
1 Logovi'i Mulipola
2 Leonardo Ghiraldini
3 Fraser Balmain
4 Sebastian De Chaves
5 Graham Kitchener
6 Tom Croft
7 Julian Salvi
8 Jordan Crane

Replacements
16 Tom Youngs
17 Tom Bristow
18 Tiziano Pasquali
19 Jamie Gibson
20 Robert Barbieri
21 David Mele
22 Owen Williams
23 Matt Smith

[WhitecapTiger]

Beaten to it today Jumbo

[baz1664]

Allen and Parling injured then?

[watsonjm]

Will be interested to hear what happened to Allen last week.

Confident we'll get a win on sat and very interested to see how Burns, Bai and Manu link up.

[Downsouth]

It is almost a case of who's left. I wonder if Newcastle will now target this game more and start with Alex and Brookes rather than having them on the bench. Is Tait injured. If not I am surprised he is not on the bench ahead of Williams (we already have two 10's starting) or Smith.

Still a good side and strong enough to beat Newcastle - but no more injuries please!

[Tigerbeat]

Ben Youngs leads Tigers as captain for the first time in league competition, while Tom Croft starts the season in the back row alongside Julian Salvi and Jordan Crane.

Club captain Ed Slater, and senior pros Anthony Allen and Louis Deacon, are among those sidelined by injury this week. Tigers are also without Miles Benjamin, Gonzalo Camacho, Dan Cole, Scott Hamilton, Pablo Matera, Geoff Parling, Laurence Pearce, Michele Rizzo, Adam Thompstone and Brad Thorn. Marcos Ayerza is on international duty with Argentina.

[Downsouth]

From the website - these would make a pretty good team...

Club captain Ed Slater, and senior pros Anthony Allen and Louis Deacon, are among those sidelined by injury this week. Tigers are also without Miles Benjamin, Gonzalo Camacho, Dan Cole, Scott Hamilton, Terrence Hepetema, Pablo Matera, Geoff Parling, Laurence Pearce, Tom Price, Michele Rizzo, Adam Thompstone and Brad Thorn due to injury. Marcos Ayerza is on international duty with Argentina.

[RagingBull]

Suspect Loamanu and Tait will play the A league game for fitness.

[physiodan]

I feel we may target Juan Pablo Socino in our attack. He is a nice player with ball in hand but defensively not as strong. Bai and Manu running at his channel all game could prove a handful so I expect him to step out a little and Powell and Sinoti step in.

[RagingBull]

I feel we may target Juan Pablo Socino in our attack. He is a nice player with ball in hand but defensively not as strong. Bai and Manu running at his channel all game could prove a handful so I expect him to step out a little and Powell and Sinoti step in.

with Socino as they back up 10 and Godman starting we def need to target him.

Also Pohe is on the bench for Nottingham and Wells is starting for Bedford.