Tom Croft and Tom Youngs both return to the Leicester Tigers starting line-up for the Aviva Premiership derby at Northampton Saints tomorrow (3.15).
The England duo both started on the bench in last weekend's Champions Cup defeat in Toulon but have a starting role at Franklin's Gardens tomorrow.
Graham Kitchener returns to the pack as Brad Thorn is ruled out by a calf injury, and Jordan Crane wears the No.8 shirt.
Marcos Ayerza will also become the 90th Tigers play to make his 200th appearance for the club.
Teams:
Leicester Tigers: 15 Mathew Tait, 14 Blaine Scully, 13 Matt Smith, 12 Anthony Allen, 11 Vereniki Goneva, 10 Owen Williams, 9 Ben Youngs (c), 1 Marcos Ayerza, 2 Tom Youngs, 3 Dan Cole, 4 Graham Kitchener, 5 Geoff Parling, 6 Tom Croft, 7 Julian Salvi, 8 Jordan Crane
Replacements: 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 18 Michele Rizzo, 17 Fraser Balmain, 19 Sebastian De Chaves, 20 Robert Barbieri, 21 Sam Harrison, 22 Freddie Burns, 23 Miles Benjamin
Northampton Saints: 15 James Wilson, 14 Ken Pisi, 13 Tom Stephenson, 12 Luther Burrell, 11 George North, 10 Stephen Myler, 9 Kahn Fotuali'i, 1 Alex Waller, 2 Dylan Hartley (c), 3 Salesi Ma'afu, 4 Courtney Lawes, 5 Christian Day, 6 Calum Clark, 7 Tom Wood, 8 Samu Manoa
Replacements: 16 Mike Haywood, 17 Ethan Waller, 18 Gareth Denman, 19 Sam Dickinson, 20 Phil Dowson, 21 Lee Dickson, 22 Jamie Elliott, 23 Ben Foden
