Leicester v Australia: Teams

Leicester have named 10 internationals in their squad for the friendly with Australia on Tuesday.

At Welford Road, Tuesday November 9, kick-off 7.30pm

Leicester have named 10 internationals in their squad for the friendly with Australia on Tuesday. Ireland full-back Geordan Murphy will skipper the side that includes fellow internationals George Chuter, Julian White, Jordan Crane, Anthony Allen, Scott Hamilton and Craig Newby. England centre Dan Hipkiss, Tonga's Steve Mafi and Argentina's prop Gaston de Robertis, a short-term signing in the absence Boris Stankovich, are all on the bench. Director of rugby Richard Cockerill will also hand a first start to Peter Bucknall - with the Tigers set to wear their famous lettered jerseys for the match. "Both sides will go out to play and make it an entertaining and really enjoyable night for everybody," said Cockerill. "We've got a lot to live up to after last year's win over South Africa. It's a great occasion and it sums up where we are in the world of rugby that we can get this fixture. We will try to have a crack at them and have a really good night." Berrick Barnes will lead out a Wallabies side made up of fringe players - with a number looking to force their way into the reckoning for the Test against England. All seven replacements from the victory over Wales are included in the squad, with Barnes being joined by Huia Edmonds, Luke Burgess, Richard Brown, James Slipper and Lachie Turner in the starting line-up, while Dean Mumm is on the bench. Two of the starting line-up are among the replacements - Matt Giteau and Saia Faingaa. Leicester Tigers: O Geordan Murphy (c), N Scott Hamilton, M Matt Smith, L Anthony Allen, K Manu Tuilagi, J Billy Twelvetrees, I James Grindal, H Craig Newby, G Jordan Crane, F Thomas Waldrom, E George Skivington, D Ed Slater, C Julian White, B George Chuter, A Peter Bucknall.
Replacements: P Rob Hawkins, Q Gaston De-Robertis, R Steve Mafi, S Ben Pienaar, T Jason Spice, U George Ford, V Dan Hipkiss. Australia: 15 Peter Hynes, 14 Rod Davies, 13 Pat McCabe, 12 Anthony Faingaa, 11 Lachie Turner, 10 Berrick Barnes (capt), 9 Luke Burgess, 8 Richard Brown, 7 Matt Hodgson, 6 Scott Higginbotham, 5 Rob Simmons, 4 Van Humphries, 3 Salesi Ma'afu, 2 Huia Edmonds, 1 James Slipper .
Replacements: 16 Saia Faingaa, 17 Ben Daley, 18 Dean Mumm, 19 Pat McCutcheon , 20 Nick Phipps, 21 Matt Giteau, 22 Luke Morahan