MANU Tuilagi will make his first competitive start since January after being named in Leicester’s XV to take on Bath at Welford Road today.
The powerful centre missed the second half of the season with a knee injury but returned to fitness over the summer and he will form an international midfield partnership with Matt Toomua who has also recovered from a knee injury that kept him out since last October.
For the first game of the season, Tigers head coach Matt O’Connor has opted to give the returning George Ford a start against his old club while fellow recruits Jonny May and ...