Clermont v Leicester: Teams

Leicester Tigers welcome back internationals Alesana Tuilagi and Martin Castrogiovanni for Sunday's crunch tie at Clermont.

Last season's Heineken Cup runners-up face back-to-back battles with the French side, playing away on Sunday and then the return exchange back at Welford Road next Saturday.

Tuilagi returns for Leicester after injury following his return to the bench for last weekend's Premiership match at Wasps.

Prop Castrogiovanni sat out that game after international duty with Italy, but he is back for the Pool Three encounter.

Boris Stankovich joins Castrogiovanni and Mefin Davies in the front row as he too makes his return from injury, while Craig Newby plays at six and James Grindal starts at scrum-half.

Geordan Murphy, Richard Blaze, Julian White and Ben Woods are all missing through injury, as are Harry Ellis, Sam Vesty and Billy Twelvetrees, who are on the comeback trail.

Richard Cockerill is banned from the dressing room following his outburst at a referee during a recent Premiership game.

Leicester: 15 Scott Hamilton, 14 Lore Tuqiri, 13 Anthony Allen, 12 Aaron Mauger, 11 Alesana Tuilagi, 10 Toby Flood, 9 James Grindal, 1 Boris Stankovich, 2 Mefin Davies, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 4 Louis Deacon (c), 5 Geoff Parling, 6 Craig Newby, 7 Lewis Moody, 8 Jordan Crane

Replacements: 16 George Chuter, 17 Marcos Ayerza, 18 Dan Cole, 19 Ben Kay, 20 Brett Deacon, 21 Ben Youngs, 22 Jeremy Staunton, 23 Johne Murphy

Clermont Auvergne:

15 Anthony Floch (c), 14 Julien Malzieu, 13 Aurelien Rougerie, 12 Gonzalo Canale, 11 Napolioni Nalaga, 10 Brock James, 9 Morgan Parra, 1 Thomas Domingo, 2 Mario Ledesma, 3 Martin Scelzo, 4 Jamie Cudmore, 5 Thibaut Privat, 6 Jason White, 7 Alexandre Lapadry, 8 Julien Bonnaire

Replacements: 16 Willie Wepener, 17 Lionel Faure, 18 Davit Zirakishvili, 19 Julien Pierre, 20 Elvis Vermeulen, 21 Kevin Senio, 22 Tasesa Lavea, 23 Gavin Williams