A quintet of Leicester Tigers players have been confirmed to feature in the final round of pool stages at the 2023 Rugby World Cup.
Tommy Reffell (Wales) and fellow Tigers Ollie Chessum, Dan Cole, George Martin and Freddie Steward (England) have been named for their respective sides to play on Saturday.
Back-rower Reffell starts at openside for Wales in their clash with Georgia before Chessum, Cole and Steward will start for England against Samoa.
Versatile forward Martin has been included among the replacements for England.
Sunday is expected to feature Leicester senior squad members also with Argentina taking on Japan and Tonga facing off with Romania.
WALEX XV: 15 Liam Williams (Kubota Spears – 87 caps), 14 Louis Rees Zammit (Gloucester Rugby / Caerloyw – 30 caps), 13 George North (Ospreys / Gweilch – 116 caps), 12 Nick Tompkins (Saracens / Saraseniaid – 30 caps), 11 Rio Dyer (Dragons / Dreigiau – 12 caps), 10 Gareth Anscombe (Suntory Sungoliath – 37 caps), 9 Tomos Williams (Cardiff Rugby/ Caerdydd – 51 caps); 1 Gareth Thomas (Ospreys / Gweilch – 24 caps), 2 Dewi Lake (c) (Ospreys / Gweilch – 10 caps), 3 Tomas Francis (Provence Rugby – 75 caps), 4 Will Rowlands (Racing 92 – 27 caps), 5 Dafydd Jenkins (Exeter Chiefs / Caerwysg – 10 caps), 6 Aaron Wainwright (Dragons / Dreigiau – 41 caps), 7 Tommy Reffell (Leicester Tigers / Caerlŷr – 11 caps), 8 Taulupe Faletau (Cardiff Rugby / Caerdydd – 103 caps)
REPLACEMENTS: 16 Elliot Dee (Dragons / Dreigiau – 45 caps), 17 Nicky Smith (Ospreys / Gweilch – 45 caps), 18 Henry Thomas (Montpellier – 3 caps), 19 Christ Tshiunza (Exeter Chiefs / Caerwysg – 8 caps), 20 Taine Basham (Dragons / Dreigiau – 15 caps), 21 Gareth Davies (Scarlets – 72 caps), 22 Sam Costelow (Scarlets – 6 caps), 23 Mason Grady (Cardiff Rugby / Caerdydd – 5 caps)
ENGLAND XV: 15 Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers, 28 caps), 14 Joe Marchant (Stade Francais, 22 caps), 13 Manu Tuilagi (Sale Sharks, 55 caps), 12 Owen Farrell (c) (Saracens, 108 caps), 11 Jonny May (Gloucester Rugby, 75 caps), 10 George Ford (Sale Sharks, 88 caps), 9 Alex Mitchell (Northampton Saints, 8 caps); 1 Ellis Genge (Bristol Bears, 54 caps), 2 Jamie George (Saracens, 81 caps), 3 Dan Cole (Leicester Tigers, 103 caps), 4 Maro Itoje (Saracens, 72 caps), 5 Ollie Chessum (Leicester Tigers, 14 caps), 6 Courtney Lawes (Northampton Saints, 102 caps), 7 Tom Curry (Sale Sharks, 46 caps), 8 Ben Earl (Saracens, 21 caps)
REPLACEMENTS: 16 Theo Dan (Saracens, 6 caps), 17 Joe Marler (Harlequins, 85 caps), 18 Kyle Sinckler (Bristol Bears, 65 caps), 19 George Martin (Leicester Tigers, 6 caps), 20 Billy Vunipola (Saracens, 72 caps), 21 Danny Care (Harlequins, 92 caps), 22 Marcus Smith (Harlequins, 27 caps), 23 Ollie Lawrence (Bath Rugby, 17 caps)
