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Bath name an unchanged starting side from last weekend's win over Worcester for their latest encounter with longstanding rivals Leicester. The hosts make one squad change with prop Anthony Perenise on the bench. Craig Newby returns after a knee injury for his first start of the season to captain the Tigers. George Ford is at fly-half, with Alex Lewington on the wing, Rob Hawkins at hooker, Graham Kitchener at lock and Ben Pienaar at number eight.

Bath: Vesty; Banahan, Carraro, Barkley, Biggs; Heathcote, Claassens; Beech, Mears, Bell; Attwood, Caldwell; Skirving, Louw (capt), Taylor.

Replacements: Dixon, Flatman, Perenise, Mercer, Fearns, Cook, Woodburn, Cuthbert.

Leicester: Hamilton; Agulla, Forsyth, Twelvetrees, Lewington; Ford, Grindal; Stankovich, Hawkins, White; Green, Kitchener; Mafi, Newby (capt), Pienaar.

Replacements: T Youngs, Ayerza, Mulipola, Salvi, Waldrom, Steele, Staunton, Smith.

The 2012 Super Rugby season kicks off in Auckland tonight with the heavyweights of the New Zealand conference going toe-to-toe at Eden Park. The Blues met the Crusaders here in round one last year, with the home side coming from behind to register a memorable victory. Despite this, it was the Crusaders who sat at the top of the conference by the end of the season.

Match Details:Blues vs Crusaders
24 Th, Feb 2012
6:35 GMT
Super 15 Cup Rugby 2012
Venue - Auckland

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The seven-time champions will still be tough to topple without Richie McCaw and Dan Carter but also have opted to play Israel Dagg on the wing and have All Black front-rowers Corey Flynn and Owen Franks on the bench. The Blues have also left prize recruit Piri Weepu on the bench for his Blues debut while fellow Hurricane discard Ma'a Nonu has been left out following his stint in Japan.