Tigers name team for season opener

Tigers:

15 Geordan Murphy (c)
14 Scott Hamilton
13 Manusamoa Tuilagi
12 Anthony Allen
11 Vereniki Goneva
10 Toby Flood
9 Micky Young
1 Logovi'i Mulipola
2 Tom Youngs
3 Dan Cole
4 Rob Andrew
5 Geoff Parling
6 Steve Mafi
7 Julian Salvi
8 Thomas Waldrom

BENCH: 16 George Chuter, 17 Boris Stankovich, 18 Martin Castrogiovanni, 19 Brett Deacon, 20 Jordan Crane, 21 Sam Harrison, 22 George Ford, 23 Matt Smith

London Welsh:

15 Tom Arscott, 

14 Phil MacKenzie, 

13 Sonny Parker, 

12 Hudson Tonga'uiha, 

11 Joe Ajuwa, 

10 Gordon Ross, 

9 Jonah Holmes; 

1 Franck Montanella, 

2 Neil Briggs, 

3 Paulica Ion, 

4 Jonathan Mills (c)©, 

5. Kirill Kulemin, 

6 Ed Williamson, 

7 Lee Beach, 

8 Daniel Browne.
BENCH: 16 Greg Bateman, 17 Tom Bristow, 18 Arthur Joly, 19 Martin Purdy, 20 Alfie To'oala, 21 Nick Runciman, 22 Seb Jewell, 23 Nick Scott

Tigers pair Vereniki Goneva and Rob Andrew are in line to make their competitive debuts away to London Welsh on Sunday.  On the Welsh side Canadian Phil MacKenzie, Sonny Parker, Jonah Holmes, Franck Montella, Neil Briggs, Romanian Paulica Ion, Russian Kirill Kulemin, Ed Williamson and Daniel Browne all make first competitive starts for the Exiles.