



Ed Slater hits a Premiership Rugby landmark with his 100th league appearance for Leicester Tigers in Saturday's home game against Gloucester Rugby (3.00pm).Second-rower Slater joined the club in 2010, making his Tigers debut in the opening-day fixture against Northampton Saints, and served as club captain for two seasons up to 2016. He returns to the team this week following a two-week suspension.Michele Rizzo starts his first Aviva Premiership fixture of the season and he is joined in the front row by club captain Tom Youngs and South Africa international Pat Cilliers.Brendon O’Connor made his return from injury as a replacement in the Anglo-Welsh Cup match at Saracens last week and starts in the back row alongside Mike Fitzgerald and Luke Hamilton.The replacements include internationals Maxime Mermoz and Ellis Genge , plus England squad member Mike Williams and Wales squad man Owen Williams.Tickets for Saturday’s game are still available at the Tigers ticket office. Book in person, by phoning 0116 319 8888 (option 2) or online by clicking here 15 Mathew Tait14 Adam Thompstone 13 Jack Roberts12 Matt Smith11 Tom Brady10 Freddie Burns9 Jono Kitto1 Michele Rizzo2 Tom Youngs (c)3 Pat Cilliers4 Ed Slater5 Dom Barrow6 Mike Fitzgerald7 Brendon O’Connor8 Luke Hamilton16 George McGuigan17 Ellis Genge18 Greg Bateman 19 Mike Williams20 Harry Thacker21 Sam Harrison22 Owen Williams23 Maxime Mermoz15 Tom Marshall, 14 Charlie Sharples, 13 Andy Symons, 12 Billy Twelvetrees, 11 Henry Purdy; 10 Billy Burns, 9 Willi Heinz (c); 1 Josh Hohneck, 2 Richard Hibbard, 3 John Afoa; 4 Tom Savage, 5 Jeremy Thrush; 6 Lewis Ludlow, 7 Jacob Rowan, 8 Sione Kalamafoni 16 Motu Matu'u, 17 Yann Thomas, 18 Salesi Ma'afu, 19 Mariano Galarza, 20 Matt Kvesic, 21 Callum Braley, 22 James Hook, 23 Matt Scott