Geordan Murphy and Toby Flood return to the Leicester Tigers team for tomorrow's Aviva Premiership clash with London Irish.
Club captain Murphy will make his 200th Premiership appearance as he is included in the starting line-up for the first time since the win over Northampton Saints in early November.
He becomes the 19th player to reach that top-flight landmark in the game at the Madejski Stadium, Reading (3.0), with club colleague George Chuter holding the all-time record with 258 appearances.
Fly-half Flood has recovered from a toe injury and makes his first club appearance since the end of October.
Graham Kitchener comes into the second-row for Tigers, and Jordan Crane takes the No.8 shirt with Thomas Waldrom ruled out by a calf injury picked up in last Saturday's European win overTreviso in Italy.
The Tigers team is:
15 Geordan Murphy
14 Niall Morris
13 Manu Tuilagi
12 Anthony Allen
11 Adam Thompstone
10 Toby Flood
9 Ben Youngs
1 Marcos Ayerza
2 Tom Youngs
3 Dan Cole
4 Louis Deacon (captain)
5 Graham Kitchener
6 Brett Deacon
7 Julian Salvi
8 Jordan Crane
Replacements: Rob Hawkins, Logovi'i Mulipola, Fraser Balmain, Ed Slater, Geoff Parling, Sam Harrison, George Ford, Matt Smith
