Tigers name an unchanged team from last week's victory at Exeter as they prepare to travel to Northampton and face the Saints. Cockerill has decided his star players need game time to shake off the rust more than rest in preparation for the bug Heineken Cup Quarter Final next week, I hope it doesn't bite him in the arse like it has in the past.
Manu Tuilagi makes his 50th start for the first team whilst Niall Morris makes his 30th start and Adam Thompstone earns his club tie on his 20th appearance for the club in his debut season. In the second row Ed Slater makes his 40th start for the club and his 30th start in the Premiership. At tighthead Dan Cole makes his 14th start of the season, whilst not exactly a traditional milestone this is in fact the most games in a season he has started for the first team.
Northampton make 2 changes from the side which gained a 4 try win away to Wasps as Tom Wood comes into the back row in his England position of 8, replacing South African GJ Van Velze, and Tom May replaces former Wasp Dom Waldouck at 12.
Tigers have won their last 6 against Northampton but that includes only one win at Franklin's Gardens. Hopefully we can keep that run going!
Leicester:
15 Mathew Tait
14 Niall Morris
13 Manu Tuilagi
12 Anthony Allen
11 Adam Thompstone
10 Toby Flood (c)
9 Ben Youngs
1 Marcos Ayerza
2 Tom Youngs
3 Dan Cole
4 Ed Slater
5 Geoff Parling
6 Tom Croft
7 Julian Salvi
8 Jordan Crane
Replacements
16 Rob Hawkins
17 Logovi'i Mulipola
18 Martin Castrogiovanni
19 Thomas Waldrom
20 Graham Kitchener
21 Sam Harrison
22 George Ford
23 Matt Smith
Northampton:
15 Ben FODEN
14 James WILSON
13 George PISI
12 Tom MAY
11 Jamie ELLIOTT
10 Stephen MYLER
9 Lee DICKSON
1 Soane TONGA'UIHA
2 Dylan HARTLEY (capt)
3 Tom MERCEY
4 Courtney LAWES
5 Christian DAY
6 Samu MANOA
7 Phil DOWSON
8 Tom WOOD
Replacements
16 Ross MCMILLAN
17 Alex WALLER
18 Brian MUJATI
19 GJ VAN VELZE
20 Ben NUTLEY
21 Martin ROBERTS
22 Ryan LAMB
23 Luther BURRELL
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