Thirteen Tigers are back
Fri, 11 Apr 2008 13:13
Leicester Tigers coach Marcelo Loffreda has named a team that features 13 survivors from last year, to defend the EDF Energy Cup trophy against Ospreys in the Final at Twickenham on Saturday.
The team will be captained by Martin Corry.
Loffreda, preparing for his first cup Final with Tigers, welcomes back Aaron Mauger alongside Dan Hipkiss at centre.
Johne Murphy, Ollie Smith and Alesana Tuilagi, who was among the try-scorers in last year's victory, form the back three.
Harry Ellis (No.9) and Andy Goode (No.10) continue at halfback.
Boris Stankovich lines up with George Chuter and Martin Castrogiovanni in the front row. Louis Deacon and Ben Kay continue at lock, while skipper Corry is joined in the back row by Ben Herring and Jordan Crane.
The bench includes England internationals Julian White, Tom Croft and Tom Varndell.
Geordan Murphy, Lewis Moody, James Hamilton, Marco Wentzel and Luke Abraham are among those ruled out by injury, while Seru Rabeni is suspended.
Leicester Tigers: 15 Johne Murphy, 14 Ollie Smith, 13 Dan Hipkiss, 12 Aaron Mauger, 11 Alesana Tuilagi, 10 Andy Goode, 9 Harry Ellis, 8 Jordan Crane, 7 Ben Herring, 6 Martin Corry (captain), 5 Ben Kay, 4 Louis Deacon, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 George Chuter, 1 Boris Stankovich.
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Julian White, 18 Richard Blaze, 19 Tom Croft, 20 Christophe Laussucq, 21 Sam Vesty, 22 Tom Varndell.
Date: Saturday, 12 April
Venue: Twickenham, London
Kick-off: 14.30 (13.30 GMT)
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Touch judges: George Clancy (Ireland), Dudley Phillips (Ireland)
