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Replacements: 16 Darren Dawidiuk, 17 Paddy McAllister, 18 Paul Doran-Jones, 19 Joe Latta, 20 Jacob Rowan, 21 Willi Heinz, 22 James Hook, 23 Gareth Evans 15 Tom Marshall, 14 Charlie Sharples, 13 Matt Scott , 12 Billy Twelvetrees, 11 Henry Purdy, 10 Billy Burns, 9 Greig Laidlaw (c); 1 Yann Thomas, 2 Richard Hibbard, 3 John Afoa, 4 Tom Savage, 5 Mariano Galarza, 6 Ross Moriarty, 7 Matt Kvesic, 8 Ben Morgan16 Darren Dawidiuk, 17 Paddy McAllister, 18 Paul Doran-Jones, 19 Joe Latta, 20 Jacob Rowan, 21 Willi Heinz, 22 James Hook, 23 Gareth Evans

Leicester Tigers will give club debuts to summer signings JP Pietersen and Luke Hamilton in the opening game of the Aviva Premiership season at Gloucester Rugby on Friday.World Cup winner Pietersen is named on the wing, with Hamilton in the back row as Tigers and Gloucester set the ball rolling in the league’s curtain-raiser at Kingsholm.Another summer arrival, hooker George McGuigan, is included among the replacements alongside England international props Dan Cole and Ellis Genge , and scrum-half Ben Youngs Club captain Tom Youngs leads the team at Kingsholm, with Argentina international Marcos Ayerza starting at loosehead prop in his 11season with the Tigers.Pietersen joins fellow internationals Mathew Tait, Telusa Veainu , Peter Betham, Manu Tuilagi and Freddie Burns in the backline, while Sam Harrison returns to scrum-half after starting in the No10 shirt in the final pre-season fixture against the Ospreys last weekend.Friday’s match is broadcast live by BT Sport, kick-off is at 7.45pm.15 Mathew Tait14 Telusa Veainu13 Peter Betham12 Manusamoa Tuilagi11 JP Pietersen10 Freddie Burns9 Sam Harrison1 Marcos Ayerza2 Tom Youngs (c)4 Ed Slater5 Dom Barrow6 Luke Hamilton7 Brendon O'Connor8 Lachlan McCaffrey16 George McGuigan17 Ellis Genge18 Dan Cole19 Graham Kitchener20 Will Evans21 Ben Youngs22 Matt Smith23 Adam Thompstone