In the pack, Jason Leonard starts at tight head prop while in the back row Andre Vos and Ace Tiatia replace Luke Sherriff and Pat Sanderson respectively. In the back line, Ugo Monye starts on the wing in place of Matt Moore.

Paul Burke and George Harder remain unavailable due to injury, with both players having seen their respective consultants this week. We would expect to know within the next seven days when both these players might be able to return to action.

"Leicester deserved to take the four points last week," said NEC Harlequins Chief Executive Mark Evans. "However, I was very pleased with the spirit and commitment that the team showed having gone 17 points down in the first quarter of the game."

"Leicester are a very strong team and we are expecting another physical battle on Saturday afternoon, but I am sure that we will be able to match them in this area as we did last week."

"It seems a long time since we played at the Stoop, and it is tremendous that we have another sell out crowd. We want to perform well for ourselves and for our tremendous and loyal supporters."

The full team is as follows:

15. Gavin Duffy
14. Ugo Monye
13. Josh Taumalolo
12. Mel Deane
11. Simon Keogh
10. Andy Dunne
9. Ben Willis
1. Mike Worsley
2. Tani Fuga
3. Jason Leonard
4. Karl Rudzki
5. Jim Evans
6. Ace Tiatia
7. Andre Vos (Capt.)
8. Tony Diprose

Replacements:
16. Laurent Gomez
17. Ceri Jones
18. Bill Davison
19. Simon Miall
20. Luke Sherriff
21. Scott Bemand
22. Rob Jewell