Benetton Treviso - Leicester Tigers - Rugby Heineken Cup

Saturday December 15, 2012 Kick off: 13:35 Preliminary Round: Pool 2 Stadio Comunale di Mongio

Leicester Tigers can edge closer to the Heineken Cup quarter-finals on Saturday when they make the trip to Italy to face Benetton Treviso.

Richard Cockerill's men held out for a 33-25 win at Welford Road in the last round to give them 10 points from three games in Pool 2.

Treviso welcome the Tigers to the Stadio Comunale di Monigo having lost all three of their fixtures in the group.

Leicester have made six changes in total, with Anthony Allen, Brett Deacon, Dan Cole and Louis Deacon all given starts.


Meanwhile, Alberto Sgarbi and Christian Loamanu have been brought in by the hosts.

Treviso: McLean, Nitoglia, Loamanu, Sgarbi, Iannone, Di Bernardo, Gori, Vosawai, Budd, Zanni, Van Zyl, Minto, Cittadini, Ghiraldini, Rizzo
Replacements: Sbaraglini, Muccignat, Fernandez Rouyet, Bernabo, Derbyshire, Favaro, Semenzato, Burton

Leicester: Tait, Morris, Tuilagi, Allen, Thompstone, Ford, Youngs, Waldrom, Salvi, B Deacon, Parling, L Deacon, Cole, T Youngs, Ayerza
Replacements: Chuter, Mulipola, Castrogiovanni, Kitchener, Crane, Harrison, Murphy, Bowden