Leicester v Saracens - Teams

Acting Head Coach Richard Cockerill makes three changes to his Leicester Tigers starting line-up for Saturday's home clash against Saracens.

England international George Chuter returns to bolster the front row, while Johne Murphy and Ben Herring are available again after injury and replace injured duo Matt Smith and Marco Wentzel respectively.

Dan Hipkiss will make his 100th appearance for the club as he takes his place in the centres with Aaron Mauger.

Harry Ellis, Toby Flood, Tom Croft, Julian White, Martin Castrogiovanni and Geordan Murphy are all away on international duty.

In the treatment room along with Smith and Wentzel are Benjamin Kayser (neck), Jordan Crane (knee), Brett Deacon (foot), Seru Rabeni (knee), Lewis Moody (ankle), Richard Blaze (foot) and Craig Newby (hamstring), while Martin Corry remains suspended.

Changes for Sarries

Meanwhile, Saracens make four changes for their trip to Welford Road, bringing in Hugh Vyvyan, David Seymour, Adam Powell and Chris Wyles.

Seymour and Powell were both impressive from the bench in the win over Bath last weekend, Vyvyan gets the nod in the second row after being rested and USA international Wyles is available after sevens duty with the Eagles.

However, Matias Aguero (neck), Kameli Ratuvou (knee) and Alex Goode (head) have joined a growing injury-list, while Chris Jack is unavailable having returned to New Zealand for a week.

Coach Richard Graham is hoping his charges can build on the dramatic victory over Bath last time out, stating: "There's certainly been a spring in the step of the boys this week after the Bath game, but it's important that we channel that in the right way going into Saturday's game.

"We want to go to Welford Road and perform well - if we do that we will give ourselves a really good chance.

"The boys supported each other really well against Bath last week and at no point in the game did we stop believing and that is the same attitude we will need against Leicester. They have been on a good run and winning games at home and away and the game is a really good challenge for us."

Leicester: 15 Scott Hamilton, 14 Johne Murphy, 13 Dan Hipkiss, 12 Aaron Mauger (c), 11 Alesana Tuilagi, 10 Sam Vesty, 9 Julien Dupuy, 8 Ben Pienaar, 7 Ben Herring, 6 Ben Woods, 5 Ben Kay, 4 Louis Deacon, 3 Dan Cole, 2 George Chuter, 1 Marcos Ayerza
Replacements: 16 Mefin Davies, 17 Boris Stankovich, 18 Calum Green, 19 Dan Hemingway, 20 Ben Youngs, 21 Derick Hougaard, 22 Tom Varndell

Saracens: 15 Chris Wyles, 14 Richard Haughton, 13 Adam Powell, 12 Brad Barritt, 11 Rodd Penney, 10 Glen Jackson, 9 Justin Marshall, 8 Ben Skirving, 7 David Seymour, 6 Wikus van Heerden (capt), 5 Hugh Vyvyan, 4 Tom Ryder, 3 Cobus Visagie, 2 Alex Walker, 1 Tom Mercey
Replacements: 16 Andy Kyriacou, 17 Jordan Mitchell, 18 Kris Chesney, 19 Don Barrell, 20 Mickey Wilson, 21 Gordon Ross, 22 Edd Thrower