The 2016-17 Aviva Premiership season gets underway tomorrow night, with Newcastle Falcons welcoming Sale Sharks to Kingston Park, and Leicester Tigers taking on Gloucester at Kingsholm. Here are the teams...
Newcastle Falcons v Sale Sharks (Friday, 8pm, Kingston Park Stadium)
Newcastle: 15 Simon Hammersley, 14 Vereniki Goneva, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Juan Pablo Socino, 11 Sinoti Sinoti, 10 Mike Delany, 9 Sonatane Takulua, 1 Jon Welsh, 2 Scott Lawson, 3 Taione Vea, 4 Calum Green, 5 Will Witty, 6 Evan Olmstead, 7 Will Welch (captain), 8 Mark Wilson
Replacements: 16 Ben Sowrey, 17 Alex Rogers, 18 Sam Lockwood, 19 Opeti Fonua, 20 Callum Chick, 21 Sam Egerton, 22 Joel Hodgson, 23 Dominic Waldouck
Sale: 15 Byron McGuigan, 14 Will Addison, 13 Sam James, 12 Johnny Leota, 11 Nev Edwards, 10 AJ MacGinty, 9 Mike Phillips, 1 Eifion Lewis-Roberts, 2 Rob Webber, 3 Halani Aulika, 4 Bryn Evans, 5 Andrei Ostrikov, 6 Josh Beaumont (captain), 7 TJ Ioane, 8 Laurence Pearce
Replacements: 16 Neil Briggs, 17 James Flynn, 18 Kieran Longbottom, 19 Jonathan Mills, 20 Magnus Lund, 21 David Seymour, 22 James Mitchell, 23 Dan Mugford
![Falcons v Sharks kicks off at 7pm](https://keyassets.timeincuk.net/inspirewp/live/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2016/09/GettyImages-499526390-630x427.jpg)
Falcons v Sharks kicks off at 7pm
Gloucester Rugby v Leicester Tigers (Friday, 7:45pm, Kingsholm)
Gloucester Rugby: 15 Tom Marshall, 14 Charlie Sharples, 13 Matt Scott, 12 Billy Twelvetrees, 11 Henry Purdy 10 Billy Burns, 9 Greig Laidlaw (capt), 1 Yann Thomas, 2 Richard Hibbard, 3 John Afoa, 4 Tom Savage, 5 Mariano Galarza, 6 Ross Moriarty, 7 Matt Kvesic, 8 Ben Morgan
Replacements: 16 Darren Dawidiuk, 17 Paddy McAllister, 18 Paul Doran-Jones, 19 Joe Latta, 20 Jacob Rowan, 21 Willi Heinz, 22 James Hook, 23 Gareth Evans
Leicester Tigers: 15 Mathew Tait, 14 Telusa Veainu, 13 Peter Betham, 12 Manusamoa Tuilagi, 11 JP Pietersen, 10 Freddie Burns, 9 Sam Harrison, 1 Marcos Ayerza, 2 Tom Youngs (captain), 3 Greg Bateman, 4 Ed Slater, 5 Dom Barrow, 6 Luke Hamilton, 7 Brendon O’Connor, 8 Lachlan McCaffrey
Replacements: 16 George McGuigan, 17 Ellis Genge, 18 Dan Cole, 19 Graham Kitchener, 20 Will Evans, 21 Ben Youngs, 22 Matt Smith, 23 Adam Thompston
![Manu Tuilagi starts for the Tigers against Gloucester](https://keyassets.timeincuk.net/inspirewp/live/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2016/09/GettyImages-518767994-630x424.jpg)
Manu Tuilagi starts for the Tigers against Gloucester
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