Leicester Tigers v Newcastle Falcons: Summer signings to debut in...
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Leicester Tigers blood a trio of their summer signings this afternoon in the Aviva Premiership opener against Newcastle Falcons at Welford Road (3.
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Seremaia Bai, Freddie Burns and Leonardo Ghiraldini will all make their competitive Leicester debuts in the starting line-up named by director of rugby Richard Cockerill.
Fiji international Bai will link up with Manu Tuilagi at centre, while Burns is named at fly-half.
Ghiraldini starts at hooker with Tom Youngs named among the replacements.
Back-row forward Robert Barbieri, another of Tigers new recruits, is also on the bench.
The ba…
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Seremaia Bai, Freddie Burns and Leonardo Ghiraldini will all make their competitive Leicester debuts in the starting line-up named by director of rugby Richard Cockerill.
Fiji international Bai will link up with Manu Tuilagi at centre, while Burns is named at fly-half.
Ghiraldini starts at hooker with Tom Youngs named among the replacements.
Back-row forward Robert Barbieri, another of Tigers new recruits, is also on the bench.
The ba…
