London Irish v Perpignan: Teams

London Irish have the opportunity to build on their excellent start in the Heineken Cup when they entertain Perpignan at the Madejski Stadium on Sunday.

The Exiles are the only team in the competition who have collected maximum points from their opening two fixtures - bonus-point victories over Benetton Treviso and Newport-Gwent Dragons.

There is just one change to the XV that beat the Dragons with Richard Skuse selected at tight-head prop to Tonga Lea'aetoa, who drops to the bench.

Perpignan have no place in their ranks for new signing Percy Montgomery, with Jerome Porical preferred at full-back and utility back-three player Cedric Rosalen selected on the bench.

David Marty and Jean-Philippe Grandclaude form an all-international centre pairing, while fellow French cap Nicolas Durand will partner Gavin Hume at half-back.

The back-row shows a mix of power and pace, with powerhouse Henry Tuilagi packing down at number eight and Damien Chouly and Viliami Vaki occupying the flanker shirts.

England prop Perry Freshwater will captain the side, and Scotland cap Nathan Hines features in the second row.

London Irish: 15 Peter Hewat, 14 Tomas De Vedia, 13 Delon Armitage, 12 Seilala Mapusua, 11 Sailosi Tagicakibau, 10 Mike Catt, 9 Peter Richards; 1 Dan Murphy, 2 David Paice, 3 Richard Skuse, 4 Nick Kennedy, 5 Bob Casey (capt), 6 Kieran Roche, 7 Declan Danaher, 8 Juan Leguizamon

Replacements: 16 Tonga Lea'aetoa 17 Danie Coetzee 18 James Hudson 19 Phil Murphy 20 Steffon Armitage 21 Paul Hodgson 22 Gonzalo Tiesi

Perpignan: 15 Jérôme Porical, 14 Christophe Manas, 13 David Marty, 12 Jean-Philippe Grandclaude, 11 Adrien Plante; 10 Gavin Hume, 9 Nicolas Durand; 1 Perry Freshwater (c), 2 Marius Tincu, 3 Sebastian Bozzi, 4 Rimas Alvarez Kairelis, 5 Nathan Hines, 6 Viliami Vaki, 7 Damien Chouly, 8 Henry Tuilagi

Replacements: 16 Guilhem Guirado, 17 Kisi Pulu, 18 Nicolas Mas, 19 Olivier Olibeau, 20 David Mele, 21 Cédric Rosalen, 22 Gerrie Britz