Cardiff v Leicester: Teams

At Cardiff Arms Park, Saturday 25th October, kick-off 2.35pm

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Cardiff v Leicester: Teams

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Seru Rabeni will make his first start of the season for Leicester Tigers in Saturday's EDF Energy Cup tie against Cardiff Blues at the Arms Park.

The Fijian, who returned from suspension to appear as a second-half replacement in last weekend's nine-try win over Benetton Treviso in the Heineken Cup, is named on the wing by head coach Heyneke Meyer.

Johne Murphy, who scored a hat-trick of tries in Italy last Saturday, moves to full-back, while Derick Hougaard returns at fly-half and Toby Flood moves to inside centre.

George Chuter and Boris Stankovich return to the front row and Richard Blaze is named in the second row as Ben Kay moves to the replacements' bench.

"We made a good start to the competition with the away win against Bath," said Meyer. "Now we have another tough game."

Meanwhile, David Young has made six changes to his Cardiff Blues' line-up.

In the backs, Jamie Roberts and Richard Mustoe, return to the starting XV. While in the back row, Robin Sowden Taylor comes in at openside, with Martyn Williams moving down to the bench.

There is also a new front row with Taufa'ao Filise, Gareth Williams and John Yapp all starting.

Cardiff: 15 Ben Blair, 14 Leigh Halfpenny, 13 Jamie Robinson, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Richard Mustoe, 10 Nick Robinson, 9 Jason Spice, 8 Andy Powell, 7 Robin Sowden Taylor, 6 Maama Molitika, 5 Paul Tito (c), 4 Deiniol Jones, 3 Taufa'ao Filise, 2 Gareth Williams, 1 John Yapp.
Replacements: 16 Gary Powell, 17 T. Rhys Thomas, 18 Scott Morgan, 19 Martyn Williams, 20 Richie Rees, 21 Ceri Sweeney, 22 Tom Shanklin.

Leicester: 15 Johne Murphy, 14 Seru Rabeni, 13 Danny Hipkiss, 12 Toby Flood, 11 Matt Smith, 10 Derick Hougaard, 9 Harry Ellis, 8 Jordan Crane, 7 Tom Croft, 6 Martin Corry (c), 5 Marco Wentzel, 4 Richard Blaze, 3 Julian White, 2 George Chuter, 1 Boris Stankovich.
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Dan Cole, 18 Ben Kay, 19 Brett Deacon, 20 Julien Dupuy, 21 Ayoola Erinle, 22 Tom Varndell.