Toulouse v Leicester: Teams
Toulouse have made just two changes to their line-up as they go hunting for revenge, while the Tigers have rotated their squad.
Last Updated: 14/12/07 2:50pm
Toulouse have made just two changes to their line-up as they go hunting for revenge against Leicester Tigers.
The French outfit are still smarting over the 14-9 defeat at Welford Road - and on their own patch at the Stade Municipal, they will look to turn up the heat on their biggest rivals for the pool leadership.
Jean-Baptiste Elissalde is preferred at scrum-half over All Black Byron Kelleher, while Omar Hasan replaces the injured Jean-Baptiste Poux.
Although Yannick Jauzion retains his place in the starting XV, the captain's armband goes back to Fabien Pelous.
Leicester have opted to shuffle their line-up for the trip across the Channel - with big-name signing Aaron Mauger dropping to the bench.
The New Zealand international has only just teamed up with the Tigers and is still lacking full match fitness, so Ollie Smith moves back to the centres and Seru Rabeni comes in on the wing.
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Geordan Murphy also returns to the backline, while in the pack Leicester have made five changes.
Martin Castrogiovanni and George Chuter come into front row, Ben Kay and James Hamilton pair up in the second row and Lewis Moody returns at flanker.
Tigers forwards coach Richard Cockerill said: "Lewis and Geordie are world-class players.
"The guys that filled their spots did well but they were always going to come back into the team.
"Seru comes on to the wing and Aaron drops to the bench because he's just a little short of match fitness and, for this weekend, we thought that combination was best."
Toulouse: 15 Clément Poitrenaud, 14 Vincent Clerc, 13 Yannick Jauzion, 12 Florian Fritz, 11 Cédric Heymans, 10 Valentin Courrent, 9 Jean-Baptiste Elissalde, 8 Shaun Sowerby, 7 Thierry Dusautoir, 6 Yannick Nyanga, 5 Patricio Albacete, 4 Fabien Pelous (c), 3 Omar Hasan, 2 William Servat, 1 Daan Human.
Replacements: 16 Virgile Lacombe, 17 Salvatore Perugini, 18 Romain Millo-Chlusky, 19 Grégory Lamboley, 20 Byron Kelleher, 21 Maleli Kunavore, 22 Maxime Medard.
Leicester: 15 Geordan Murphy, 14 Seru Rabeni, 13 Ollie Smith, 12 Dan Hipkiss, 11 Tom Varndell, 10 Andy Goode, 9 Frank Murphy, 8 Jordan Crane, 7 Lewis Moody, 6 Martin Corry (c), 5 Ben Kay, 4 Jim Hamilton, 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 George Chuter, 1 Marcos Ayerza.
Replacements: 16 Benjamin Kayser, 17 Julian White, 18 Richard Blaze, 19 Luke Abraham, 20 Ben Youngs, 21 Aaron Mauger, 22 Sam Vesty.