Preview: Bordeaux v Leicester Tigers
Today. Kick-off 3pm, Stade Chaban-Delmas
Geoff Parling is confident Leicester Tigers will ask questions of holders Bordeaux-Begles in the Champions Cup today, even without three rested Six Nations forwards.
Parling, Leicester’s head coach, had to rest props Joe Heyes and Nicky Smith, along with lock Ollie Chessum, for one of the three weekends after the end of the championship.
He opted to play them against Bristol and Gloucester and was rewarded with victories, which cemented the Tigers’ place in the top four.
That meant he had to stand them down fo...