Tom Croft will captain Leicester Tigers in tomorrow's Aviva Premiership clash with Sale Sharks at Welford Road (3.0).
The Leicester back-row forward will be making his 100th starting appearance for the club as they look to bounce back from successive defeats at the hands of Harlequins and Saracens.
Mathew Tait returns to the side at full-back, with Niall Morris named on the wing.
Tigers: Tait; Morris, Smith, Bowden, Thompstone; Ford, Harrison; Ayerza, Hawkins, Mulipola, Slater, Kitchener, Croft (capt), Salvi, Waldrom. Reps: Chuter, Brookes, Balmain, B Deacon, Crane, Young, Cornwell, Hamilton.
The Leicester back-row forward will be making his 100th starting appearance for the club as they look to bounce back from successive defeats at the hands of Harlequins and Saracens.
Mathew Tait returns to the side at full-back, with Niall Morris named on the wing.
Tigers: Tait; Morris, Smith, Bowden, Thompstone; Ford, Harrison; Ayerza, Hawkins, Mulipola, Slater, Kitchener, Croft (capt), Salvi, Waldrom. Reps: Chuter, Brookes, Balmain, B Deacon, Crane, Young, Cornwell, Hamilton.
