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Leicester v T’finders Today. 3pm
LEICESTER welcome back several Test players as they search for their first win of the season.
England hooker Amy Cokayne, Canada‘s Claire Gallagher and USA‘s EmIly Henrich start, while fellow internationals Eva Donaldson, Francesca Mc-Ghie and Tess Feury line up after appearing off the bench last time out in the 31-17 defeat to Harlequins.
Head coach Tom Hudson said: “Our goals over these last two weeks have been about thriving under pressure: both how we acknowledge that pressure and how we deal with it in an effective manner. We know we have world class talent across this side and it’s a case of bringing everything together. It will come.
“We were happy with large parts of our opener against Gloucester–Hartpury, but the result against Harlequins was not good enough. Standards on field have to improve which has led to the most competitive week of training I’ve seen in my time here.”
TEAMS
LEICESTER: Feury, Henrich, Wills, Childs, McGhie, Gallagher, Relf; Bartlett, Cokayne, Benavent, Omokhuale, Jacobs, Donaldson, Richardson, Fray
Replacements: Simpson, Constable, Vincent, Heath, Russell, Maxwell, Jones, Beaver
TRAILFINDERS: Rollie, Inman, Cooksey, Thomson, White, Schell, Mattinson; Tamai, Blanco, Seye, Beukeboom, Pinnock, Taylor, Moore, Zackary (c)
Replacements: Evans, Leatherman, Tuffnail, Barwick, Meta, Amory, Laflin, Gallagher
Referee: Holly Wood
Trailfinders have one win from their opening three games and have made eight changes to the side that narrowly lost to Exeter away from home. Kie Tamai and Sara Seye join Cristina Blanco in the front row, Tyson Beukeboom makes her first start of the season in the second row and Emma Taylor joins captain Kate Zackary and Grace Moore in the back row. Centre Lisa Thomson and winger Chloe Rollie make their first starts for Trailfinders.
On the bench, Alivia Leatherman is in line for her debut after signing for the season following her WXV campaign with the USA.
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