Leicester Tigers face huge Aviva Premiership test at home to...
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Leicester Tigers faced up to a huge game at Welford Road as they took on London Irish in the Aviva Premiership.
The hosts were looking to bounce back from last week’s humiliating 45-0 defeat away at Bath.
They were having to do it without an astonishing 21 players who were either injured, suspended or away with their countries.
A few players were making a return from injury, however, with wingers Blaine Scully and Miles Benjamin and flanker Jamie Gibson coming back into the starting XV.
But starting props, Fraser Balmain, 22, and Tom Bristow, 23 would face a huge afternoon in the front row…
The hosts were looking to bounce back from last week’s humiliating 45-0 defeat away at Bath.
They were having to do it without an astonishing 21 players who were either injured, suspended or away with their countries.
A few players were making a return from injury, however, with wingers Blaine Scully and Miles Benjamin and flanker Jamie Gibson coming back into the starting XV.
But starting props, Fraser Balmain, 22, and Tom Bristow, 23 would face a huge afternoon in the front row…
