Heaney called up to bench at Leicester

Scrum-half Michael Heaney has been called up by Warriors for today’s Gallagher Premiership match against Leicester Tigers at Welford Road.

Heaney has been named among the replacements in place of Francois Hougaard who failed a late fitness test on a sore shoulder.

If Heaney does come off the bench he will make his first appearance of the season in any competition.

Warriors | 15 Chris Pennell, 14 Perry Humphreys, 13 Oli Morris, 12 Ashley Beck, 11 Nick David, 10 Duncan Weir, 9 Gareth Simpson, 1 Marc Thomas, 2 Niall Annett, 3 Nick Schonert, 4 Anton Bresler, 5 Graham Kitchener, 6 Marco Mama, 7 Matt Kvesic (C), 8 Cornell du Preez.

Replacements | 16 Beck Cutting, 17 Ethan Waller, 18 Richard Palframan, 19 Justin Clegg, 20 Sam Lewis, 21 Ted Hill, 22 Michael Heaney, 23 Jamie Shillcock.

Unavailable | Conor Carey, Matt Cox, Tom Dodd, Noah Heward, Lewis Holsey,  Francois Hougaard, Andrew Kitchener, Matt Moulds, Melani Nanai, Billy Searle, Matti Williams. International duty | Ollie Lawrence.

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