Hooker James Hanson returns from injury as Gloucester Rugby kick off the 2020-21 Premiership season at Leicester Tigers today (1500ko).

Jamie Gibson is set to make his Cherry and Whites debut off the bench having joined the club from Northampton Saints earlier this month.

Among the replacements is scrum half Will Flinn, who has joined Gloucester on-loan from Hartpury RFC. Flinn, joined Hartpury over the summer from fellow Championship side Coventry RFC. The Exmouth RFC product formerly played in the Premiership Rugby Cup for local rivals, Bath.

Gloucester starting 15 Jason Woodward
14. Charlie Sharples
13. Billy Twelvetrees
12. Mark Atkinson
11. Matt Banahan
10. Danny Cipriani
9. Joe Simpson

1. Val Rapava-Ruskin
2. James Hanson
3. Jack Stanley
4. Ed Slater
5. Matt Garvey
6. Jordy Reid
7. Lewis Ludlow (captain)
8. Ruan Ackermann

Ready on the bench

16. Henry Walker
17. Corne Fourie
18. Jamal Ford-Robinson
19. Jamie Gibson
20. Freddie Clarke
21. Will Flinn
22. Lloyd Evans
23. Tom Seabrook