But head coach Ben Harvey must be pleased that the improving strength in his squad allows him the luxury of doing just that against his former club, who were playing in the Championship only last season.
Both half-backs being changed would be seen as an extreme measure at most clubs, but the known quality that stand-off Ross Broadfoot and scrum-half Brendan O’Brien bring to the party, make it anything but. The highly successful partnership between Mike Le Bourgeois and Dave McCormack is rested, with McCormack on the bench and Le Bourgeois, the division’s top points scorer, moving to full-back, his position before former Leicster Tiger’s man Broadfoot was injured earlier this season.
Full story in Friday’s JEP
