Leicester just about kept Miles Benjamin out, and their resilience was rewarded when Flood cut the gap to one point during first-half injury-time despite his side being down to 14 men with Jordan Crane in the sin-bin.

BBC: Worcester 17-19 Leicester

Flanker Steffon Armitage, lock Louis Deacon, number eight Jordan Crane, centres Mathew Tait and Dan Hipkiss and scrum-half Paul Hodgson all drop down, while Harry Ellis - who endured an injury-plagued season - misses out on both the squads.

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The Tigers then splintered the Treviso pack at an attacking five-metre scrum as the home forwards went back as though they were on rails and Crane dotted down out wide for an unconverted try.

BBC: Treviso 16-60 Leicester