Botha leads Quins to Welford Road
Sat, 22 Nov 2008 10:37
Former Springbok hooker, Gary Botha, has been handed the captain's armband for Harlequins' Guinness Premiership clash against the Leicester Tigers at Welford road on Saturday.
The Quins team otherwise sees little change from the side that were victorious over Premiership champions Wasps last weekend.
Andy Gomarsall, Tom Guest and Charlie Amesbury all retain their places as cover for Danny Care, Nick Easter and Ugo Monye, who are on England duty again, whilst Tosh Masson partners Jordan Turner-Hall in the centre whilst Gonzalo Tiesi is also away.
Neil McMillan replaces the injured Will Skinner at flank.
The welcome return of Mike Brown to fullback sees Nick Evans return to flyhalf, whilst Chris Malone moves to the replacements bench.
Harlequins: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Tom Williams, 13 Tosh Masson, 12 Jordan Turner-Hall, 11 Charlie Amesbury, 10 Nick Evans, 9 Andy Gomarsall, 8 Tom
Guest, 7 Neil McMillan, 6 Chris Robshaw, 5 Jim Evans, 4 Ollie Kohn, 3 Mike Ross, 2 Gary Botha (Captain), 1 Ceri Jones.
Replacements: 16 Chris Brooker, 17 Mark Lambert, 18 James Percival, 19 George Robson, 20 Junior Polu, 21 De Wet Barry, 22 Chris Malone.
Date: Saturday, November 22
Venue: Welford Road
Kick-off: 15.00 (15.00 GMT)
Referee: Sean Davey
Touch judges: Martin Buck, Alan Biggs
TMO: Roy Marfleet
With thanks to quins.co.uk
