Woodman misses Vicarage Road crunch

13 April 2012

Trevor Woodman has lost his fitness race to make Gloucester's starting line-up for the Heineken Cup semi-final against Leicester at Vicarage Road.  

But ankle injury victim Woodman could still feature among the replacements.

Andy Deacon has been drafted in to pack down alongside Oliver Azam and skipper Phil Vickery.

Byron Hayward will wear the number 15 jersey if, as seems likely, Chris Catling misses out through injury, while back-row man Junior Paramore faces a further fitness check and the wing vacancy is a straight choice between Joe Ewens and Robert Todd.

Jake Boer and Andy Hazell are the flankers - there is no place for club captain Kingsley Jones - with England Under-19 international James Simpson-Daniel chosen on the left wing.

Premiership champions Leicester retain the side that crushed Harlequins last Saturday, which means Geordan Murphy continuing as full-back and goalkicker Tim Stimpson named on the wing.

Full-back Dominic Crotty and flanker David Wallace have both been declared fit for Munster's semi-final against French champions Stade Francais in Lille..

But the absence of injured back-row man Alan Quinlan means lock Donncha O'Callaghan plays at blindside flanker and former Ireland captain Dion O'Cuinneagain, registered as an additional player for the knockout stages, is among the replacements.

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