Treviso v Leicester: Teams

Treviso have made several changes to their line-up for the Heineken Cup opener against Leicester.

Treviso beat the Dragons 20-13 last time out but welcome Luke McLean, Tommaso Benvenuti, Alberto Sgarbi and Alessandro Zanni coming into the starting XV and Paul Derbyshire moving to No.8.

Leicester will be buoyed by the return of England international fly-half Toby Flood for the trip.

Flood has recovered from a knee injury that he suffered in the opening game of the season.

Fellow internationals Geordan Murphy, Alesana Tuilagi, Ben Youngs and George Chuter are also recalled, while Thomas Waldrom and Ben Woods return to the back-row.

But having seen Treviso make an encouraging start to their debut season in the Magners League, Richard Cockerill is taking nothing for granted.

"We've been playing with some confidence and we've been playing some good rugby," said Cockerill told the club's official site.

"Treviso have made a good start to their season and we know we have to be disciplined on and off the ball.

"Three sides have already gone over there and lost in the league, so we will treat them with huge respect."

Benetton Treviso: 15 Luke McLean, 14 Ludovico Nitoglia, 13 Tommaso Benvenuti, 12 Alberto Sgarbi, 11 Andrew Vilk, 10 Kristopher Burton, 9 Fabio Semenzato, 8 Paul Derbyshire, 7 Alessandro Zanni, 6 Robert Barbieri, 5 Cornelius van Zyl, 4 Antonio Pavanello, 3 Lorenzo Cittadini, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 1 Ignacio Fernandez Rouyet
Replacements: 16 Diego Vidal, 17 Franco Sbaraglini, 18 Pedro di Santo, 19 Enrico Pavanello, 20 Marco Filippucci, 21 Simon Picone, 22 Tobias Botes, 23 Joe Maddock

Leicester Tigers: 15 Geordan Murphy, 14 Scott Hamilton, 13 Dan Hipkiss, 12 Matt Smith, 11 Alesana Tuilagi, 10, Toby Flood, 9 Ben Youngs, 8 Thomas Waldrom, 7 Ben Woods, 6 Tom Croft, 5 George Skivington, 4 Ed Slater, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 George Chuter, 1 Boris Stankovich
Replacements: 16 Rob Hawkins, 17 Julian White, 18 Dan Cole, 19 Steve Mafi, 20 Craig Newby, 21 James Grindal, 22 Horacio Agulla, 23 Billy Twelvetrees