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England fullback Freddie Steward is set for his 100th PREM start as Leicester The Tigers travel to Ashton Gate to face off Bristol Bears at Gallagher PREM on Friday night.
Stewart will continue his record of starting every Gallagher PREM i Investec Champions Cup match this season and will go into the match on a high, having scored the try to secure the bonus point against the local rivals Northampton Saints last weekend.
Tigers boss Geoff Parling has rang the changes among his backs, however, with Tom Whiteley, Ollie Hassell-Collins and Orlando Bailey returning to the side, while Jack van Poortvliet, Gabriel Hamer-Webb and Will Wand make the bench.
Sol Kata will make the short trip to outside center to make room for Bailey to start in the 12, while the forwards remain unchanged from the derby against Saints and Ollie Chessum will captain the back row.
Lock Elliott Stooke, who joined the Tigers from Japanese side Red Hurricanes he recovered from injury in the summer and will take his place on the bench for the first time.
Second place Tigers will skip Gloucester and go top of the table for at least 18 hours with a win and boss Geoff Parling will give his players a point to end this block of games on a high.
“It is important that we finish this block of PREM games well before we break as a group during the November period. We know we will have to be on top of our game and be precise and determined to beat a quality Bristol side,” he said.
Leicester Tigers: 15. Freddie Steward, 14. Adam Radwan, 13. Solomone Kata, 12. Orlando Bailey, 11. Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10. Billy Searle, 9. Tom Whiteley, 1. Archie Van der Flier, 2. Jamie Joe Blamire, 3. He. Ollie Chessum (c), 6. Aaron Wainwright, 7. Finn Carnduff, 8. Olly Cracknell
Replacements: 16. Samiuela Moli, 17. Mako Vunipola, 18. Will Hurd, 19. Elliott Stooke, 20. Joaquin Moro, 21. Jack Van Poortvliet, 22. Will Wand, 23. Gabriel Hamer-Webb
