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England star ruled out as Leicester Tigers make late change
By Ian Cameron
England's record cap holder Ben Youngs has been ruled of Leicester Tigers' Heineken Champions Cup clash with Clermont Auvernge.
A club statement reads: "There has been a change to the Leicester Tigers matchday squad to face Clermont Auvergne in the 1st Leg of the Heineken Champions Cup Round of 16 at the Stade Marcel-Michelin.
"Ben Youngs is out of today's fixture through illness. In his place, Jack van Poortvliet will start at scrum-half. Richard Wigglesworth joins the Leicester bench."
"The matchday squad remains otherwise unchanged from the side named on Friday."
Previewing the trip to France, Head Coach Steve Borthwick said: “Clermont are an excellent side with a great balance throughout their team.”
“They have a big, powerful forward pack with a very good scrum, very good maul and experienced half backs who boss a game really well, controlling things, and electric pace and power out wide in a dangerous backline.”
“This European adventure, which taken us a few different places so far this season, is now taking us to Clermont; a great place to be able to play rugby and represent Leicester Tigers.”
LEICESTER TIGERS:
15 Freddie Steward
14 Harry Potter
13 Guy Porter
12 Dan Kelly
11 Hosea Saumaki
10 George Ford
9 Jack van Poortvliet
1 Ellis Genge (c)
2 Julián Montoya
3 Joe Heyes
4 Ollie Chessum
5 Calum Green
6 Hanro Liebenberg (vc)
7 Tommy Reffell
8 Jasper Wiese
REPLACEMENTS
16 Nic Dolly
17 James Whitcombe
18 Dan Cole
19 Harry Wells
20 Eli Snyman
21 Richard Wigglesworth
22 Freddie Burns
23 Matías Moroni
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