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- Aviva Premiership Final Preview
Twickenham will stage another final on Saturday afternoon as Harlequins and Leicester will come to blows in the Premiership final.
Twickenham hosted the Heineken Cup final last weekend but now the Aviva Premiership's big boys will battle it out on English rugby's centre stage.
Last year's winners Saracens failed to reach the grand finale in their semi-final defeat to Leicester Tigers, who will be appearing in their eighth successive Premiership final.
Harlequins clashed with Northampton in their semi-final and narrowly won thanks to a late try from Joe Marler. Quins have topped the table for the majority of the season and have looked strong throughout.
But their task will not be easy. Leicester are renowned for their ability to win big games and although they didn't win last year's final, they are a replenished side ready for another fierce season finale.
Teams:
Harlequins: Brown; Williams, Lowe, Turner-Hall, Monye; Evans, Care; Marler, Gray, Johnston, Kohn, Robson; Fa'asavalu, Robshaw (capt), Easter.
Replacements: Buchanan, Lambert, Collier, Vallejos, Guest, Dickson, Clegg, Hopper.
Leicester: Murphy; Agulla, M Tuilagi, Allen, A Tuilagi; Ford, Youngs; Ayerza, Chuter, Cole; Skivington, Parling; Mafi, Salvi, Waldrom.
Replacements: T Youngs, Mulipola, Castrogiovanni, Kitchener, Newby, Harrison, Flood, Hamilton.
Prediction: Leicester have scored around 20 more tries than Harlequins this season and have looked the dominant force for all but the opening few games of the season. Quins are a strong team who made a strong start to the season but they will face a tough task against Leicester. Leicester to win by 7 points.
Scrum Five will have audio, video and written reaction to tomorrow afternoon's final which kicks off at 3pm. Catch it live on ESPN.