Leicester v Gloucester: Teams

Leicester will welcome a quartet of international back into their line-up for the visit of Gloucester.

Irish full-back Geordan Murphy will wear the No.15 jersey, while Benjamin Kayser, Julian White and Tom Croft will bolster the pack.

The came will mark a milestone for White and Sam Vesty with the duo set to make their 100th appearances for the Tigers.

Leicester will be without Harry Ellis and Toby Flood due to the elite playing squad agreement, while Martin Corry is suspended.

Jordan Crane, Brett Deacon , Craig Newby, Seru Rabeni, Dan Hipkiss, Lewis Moody, Ben Herring, Boris Stankovich and Richard Blaze are out injured.

James Simpson-Daniel has suffered another injury setback and will miss out on the trip to Welford Road.

The Gloucester back had impressed in the centres against Bath, scoring two tries, however he is ruled out with a side problem and replaced by Olly Barkley.

"To lose a player of Simpson-Daniel's quality for a game of this magnitude is significant because he is such an attacking threat from either the wing or centre," said head coach Dean Ryan.

"We saw his effectiveness last week but we are in pretty reasonable shape considering the injuries we have been suffering."

Ryan has made one other change, with Luke Narraway returning from England duty to replace Apo Satala - while the inclusion of Barkley means Anthony Allen reverts to outside centre.

Leicester: 15 Geordan Murphy 14 Scott Hamilton 13 Matt Smith 12 Aaron Mauger (captain) 11 Alesana Tuilagi 10 Sam Vesty 9 Julien Dupuy, 8 Ben Pienaar, 7 Ben Woods, 6 Tom Croft, 5 Ben Kay, 4 Louis Deacon, 3 Julian White, 2 Benjamin Kayser, 1 Marcos Ayerza.
Replacements: 16 Mefin Davies, 17 Martin Castrogiovanni, 18 Marco Wentzel, 19 Dan Hemingway, 20 Ben Youngs, 21 Derick Hougaard, 22 Ayoola Erinle.

Gloucester: 15 Olly Morgan, 14 Iain Balshaw, 13 Anthony Allen, 12 Olly Barkley, 11 Charlie Sharples, 10 Carlos Spencer, 9 Rory Lawson, 8 Gareth Delve, 7 Andy Hazell, 6 Luke Narraway, 5 Alex Brown, 4 Adam Eustace, 3 Greg Somerville, 2 Olivier Azam, 1 Nick Wood.
Replacements: 16 Andy Titterrell, 17 Carlos Nieto, 18 Marco Bortolami, 19 Alasdair Strokosch, 20 Ryan Lamb, 21 Henry Trinder, 22 Mark Foster.