LV=Cup 2012
Semi Final
Head To Head: Bath Rugby v Leicester Tigers
Date: Friday, 9 March 2012
Kick-off: 19:30 GMT
Venue: The Recreation Ground
Watch Live : live-rugby-channels.com
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.
