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Six Tigers named in Test squads

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Six Leicester Tigers players are involved across men's and women's international fixtures this weekend.

Handré Pollard starts for South Africa in their second Test against New Zealand after coming off the bench in last weekend's win over the All Blacks, while his Tigers teammate Julián Montoya captains Argentina in their Rugby Championship game against Australia.

Both matches are on Saturday (September 7) with South Africa v New Zealand at 4pm (UK time) and Argentina v Australia on at 8pm (UK time). 

In the women's Tests, Amy Cokayne starts for England in their clash with France at Allianz Stadium and a trio of Tigers have been included for Scotland to play Wales. Leah Bartlett and Francesca McGhie start with Eva Donaldson named amongst the replacements.  

Scotland v Wales is on Friday evening at 7.35pm and England v France play on Saturday at 2.30pm.