Viadana v Leicester: Teams
Geoff Parling will make his first start for Leicester for the visit to Viadana in the Heineken Cup.
Last Updated: 16/10/09 1:07pm
Geoff Parling will make his first start for Leicester for the visit to Viadana in the Heineken Cup.
Parling has made four appearances for the Tigers off the bench since his move from Newcastle, however he will now partner Louise Deacon in the second row.
Head coach Richard Cockerill has also made two changes in the front row, with Boris Stankovich and Martin Castrogiovanni coming in to start and Marcos Ayerza and Julian White reverting to the bench.
That means Billy Twelvetrees, the man-of-the-match in the 32-32 draw with the Ospreys, keeps his place in the midfield alongside Anthony Allen.
Young back Matt Smith, who sat out the Ospreys game with injury, returns to take his place among the replacements. Richard Blaze also returns to the 23-man squad.
Viadana welcome back a trio of Italian internationals for the visit of Leicester in Pool Three.
Kaine Robertson, Pablo Canavosio and Aaron Persico have all been included in the starting XV, with Samuele Pace, Mickey Wilson and Aldo Birchall missing out following the 36-18 defeat to Clermont.
Viadana have yet to win in their 13 previous Heineken Cup encounters.
Leicester Tigers: 15 Scott Hamilton, 14 Johne Murphy, 13 Anthony Allen, 12 Billy Twelvetrees, 11 Lucas Amorosino, 10 Jeremy Staunton, 9 James Grindal, 8 Jordan Crane, 7 Lewis Moody, 6 Tom Croft, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Louis Deacon (c), 3 Martin Castrogiovanni, 2 George Chuter, 1 Boris Stankovich.
Replacements: 16 Joe Duffey, 17 Julian White, 18 Marcos Ayerza, 19 Richard Blaze, 20 Brett Deacon, 21 Ben Youngs, 22 Matt Smith, 23 Tom Youngs.
Viadana: 15 Garry Law, 14 Kaine Robertson, 13 Matthew Harvey, 12 Sam Cox, 11 Matteo Pratichetti, 10 Pierre Hola, 9 Pablo Canavosio, 1 Miguel Alonso, 2 Roberto Santamaria, 3 Ignacio Elosu, 4 Sean Hohneck, 5 Quintin Geldenhuys, 6 Andrea Benatti, 7 Aaron Persico, 8 Gavin Quinnell.
Replacements: 16 Luigi Milani, 17 Luigi Ferraro, 18 Julio Garcia, 19 Carlo del Fava, 20 Aldo Birchall, 21 Josh Sole, 22 Andrea Brancoli, 23 Mark Woodrow.