Leicester v London Welsh: Aviva Premiership preview

Brad Thorn: Is back in the Leicester second row after injury

Leicester welcome back Brad Thorn and Graham Kitchener as they face already-relegated London Welsh at Welford Road on Saturday.

The pair are reunited in the second row with Thorn having missed the past two games and Kitchener the last two months, both through injury.

Michele Rizzo, Leonardo Ghiraldini and Logovi'i Mulipola start in the front row, with Dan Cole rested and Marcos Ayerza ruled out with a hamstring injury.

Mathew Tait and George Catchpole make up a new-look partnership in the centres while Niall Morris starts at full-back and Blaine Scully and Adam Thompstone occupy the wings.

There are six changes to the London Welsh XV beaten at home by Wasps in their last outing with Alan Awcock, Rhys Crane, Olly Barkley and James Lewis in for Will Robinson, Seb Stegmann, Tristan Roberts and Tom May in the backs.

The final two changes come in the pack with Ben Pienaar starting at blindside against his former club and Chris Hala’ufia at No 8. They replace Richard Thorpe and Opeti Fonua respectively.

Leicester Tigers: 15 Niall Morris, 14 Blaine Scully, 13 Mathew Tait, 12 George Catchpole, 11 Adam Thompstone, 10 Freddie Burns, 9 Ben Youngs (c); 1 Michele Rizzo, 2 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 3 Logovi'i Mulipola, 4 Brad Thorn, 5 Graham Kitchener, 6 Jamie Gibson, 7 Julian Salvi, 8 Laurence Pearce.

Replacements: 16 Tom Youngs, 17 Riccardo Brugnara, 18 Fraser Balmain, 19 Geoff Parling, 20 Jordan Crane, 21 Sam Harrison, 22 Tommy Bell, 23 Seremaia Bai.

London Welsh: 15 Alan Awcock, 14 Rhys Crane, 13 Nic Reynolds, 12 James Lewis, 11 Chris Elder, 10 Olly Barkley, 9 Rob Lewis; 1 Nathan Trevett, 2 Koree Britton, 3 Ben Cooper, 4 Ben West, 5 Matt Corker (C), 6 Ben Pienaar, 7 Darren Waters, 8 Chris Hala’ufia.

Replacements: 16 Nathan Morris, 17 Eddie Aholelei, 18 Jack Gilding, 19 Josh McNally, 20 Opeti Fonua, 21 Richard Thorpe, 22 Paul Rowley, 23 Will Robinson.