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Team News | Change to Tigers matchday squad

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Leicester Tigers have made a change to the matchday squad for the club's Heineken Champions Cup away game against Ospreys Rugby.

Hosea Saumaki has been ruled out through injury for the fixture at Swansea.com Stadium in Round 1 of the 2022/23 European pool stages.

Harry Simmons, in his first appearance of the season, takes Saumaki's place on the wing in the starting side.

The team remains otherwise unchanged from the matchday squad named on Friday.

STARTING XV
15 Anthony Watson [6]
14 Harry Potter [49]
13 Guy Porter [49]
12 Dan Kelly [44]
11 Harry Simmons [25] **
10 Charlie Atkinson [4]
9 Jack van Poortvliet (vc) [54]
1 James Whitcombe [29]
2 Charlie Clare [61]
3 Joe Heyes [108]
4 Harry Wells [164]
5 Ollie Chessum [36]
6 George Martin [47]
7 Hanro Liebenberg (c) [68]
8 Olly Cracknell [8]

REPLACEMENTS
16 Gabriel Oghre *
17 Nephi Leatigaga [72]
18 Will Hurd [14]
19 Eli Snyman [26]
20 Sean Jansen [9]
21 Richard Wigglesworth [41]
22 Jimmy Gopperth [6]
23 Matt Scott [53]

* Leicester Tigers debut
** First appearance of the 2022/23 season