The Aviva Premiership is back -- get up to date with team news ahead of all of this weekends opening fixtures.Gloucester Rugby vs. Leicester TigersKingsholm, September 2, 1945 (BST)Leicester Tigers will give debuts to summer signings JP Pietersen and Luke Hamilton in the Aviva Premiership season opener at Gloucester Rugby on Friday. World Cup winner Pietersen has been named on the wing, with Hamilton at flanker. Manu Tuilagi starts at inside centre for the Tigers.Scotland international centre Matt Scott will make his Premiership debut for Gloucester, with Greig Laidlaw captaining David Humphreys side. Home fly-half Billy Burns will come face-to-face with brother Freddie as his opposite number.Newcastle Falcons vs. Sale SharksKingston Park, September 2, 2000Fijian international Vereniki Goneva will make his first Premiership start for new club Newcastle Falcons when they take on Sale Sharks at Kingston Park. The former Leicester man partners Sinoti Sinoti, who has recovered from a knee injury, on the wings. Jon Welsh makes his first Premiership appearance since January having returned to fitness after toe surgery. Canadian forward Evan Olmstead will make his top-flight debut.For Sharks, AJ MacGinty, Byron McGuigan, Halani Aulika, Mike Phillips, Laurence Pearce and Rob Webber will all make their club debuts.Harlequins vs. Bristol RugbyTwickenham, September 3, 1630Harlequins name Danny Care, Chris Robshaw, Joe Marler, Marland Yarde and Jack Clifford in their 15 but there is no place for fullback Mike Brown who misses out due to injury. Ruaridh Jackson could make his debut from the bench with Nick Evans starting at fly-half.?Newly-promoted Bristol hand debuts to Will Hurrell, Soane Tongauiha, Jon Fisher and Jordan Crane while Tusi Pisi recovers from a hand injury to be named in the backline.?Northampton Saints vs. Bath RugbyFranklins Gardens, September 3, 1500Harry Mallinder gets the nod at fly-half for Northampton with Ahsee Tuala starting on the wing. Tom Wood captains the team with Louis Picamoles making his debut at No.8.Bath have Tom Homer at fullback with Max Clark starting at inside centre. Matt Garvey skippers the side from the ?back-row while Taulupe Faletau makes his debut at No.8 and Kahn Fotualii at scrum-half.?Saracens vs. Worcester WarriorsTwickenham, September 3, 1400Saracens hand out debuts to Springboks star Schalk Burger, fly-half Alex Lozowski and Scotland winger Sean Maitland. Owen Farrell misses out through injury with five England internationals included in Saracens pack.Outside centre Ben Teo is handed his Worcester debut alongside fullback?Jackson Willison. Jonny Arr makes his first competitive appearance in eight months with GJ van Velze skipper.?Wasps vs. Exeter ChiefsRicoh Arena, September 4, 1500Wasps hand debuts to Tommy Taylor, Marty Moore and Matt Symons with Danny Cipriani named at fly-half as he makes his return to their 15 for the first time in six years. Kyle Eastmond and Kurtley Beale are ruled out through injury so Jimmy Gopperth starts at inside centre.?Ollie Devoto is named at inside centre for Exeter with fellow new recruits Dave Dennis and Greg Holmes on their bench. Henry Slade takes the fly-half reins with Don Armand captain. Robbie Gould Super Bowl Jersey .500 on the season. The Jets are now 0-5-1 in the second game of back-to-backs. 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SAN DIEGO -- With San Diego State leading Savannah State 99-65 with a minute left, the Aztecs student section started chanting One more point!They got it when Valentine Izundu made the front end of a one-and-one with 46 seconds left to finish off a 100-67 victory.We did what we were supposed to do and we did it in nice fashion, San Diego State coach Steve Fisher said.Zylan Cheatham scored 18 points and Matt Shrigley had 15, all on 3-pointers in the first half, to lead the Aztecs on their romp.Max Hoetzel added 15, Jeremy Hemsley 14 and Montaque Gill-Caesar 12 for the Aztecs (4-1), who were playing for the first time in a week following a 77-65 victory against California at Sacramento.Dexter McClanahan scored 13 for Savannah State (2-6).It was nice to see, Fisher said. This is a team that plays at a pace we dont see very often.Savannah State came in averaging 94 points while giving up 104. The Tigers were averaging 17 3-pointers, on 42 attempts, but made only 10 of 38.The Aztecs took 40 3-pointers, making 14.SDSU had 22 assists. Hemsley had nine, with no turnovers.Weve got a group of really good young people who are very unselfish, Fisher said. We were taking too many hard shots. We took a few tonight, but we did a better job of moving the ball and making one more pass to go from a good shot to a better shot and it wins for you..dddddddddddd.Shrigley made his five 3-pointers in a span of less than seven minutes in the first half, helping the Aztecs take a 43-24 lead. After Shrigley made his fifth shot from behind the arc, Cheatham dribbled the length of the court for a tomahawk dunk.We do that all the time in practice. Take your shot and make your shot, as coach preaches, Shrigley said. Thats what we did the first half.Hitting 100 just means we scored the ball well, Shrigley said. We made our shots.SDSU used a 22-8 run during the final 7:23 to take a 60-32 halftime lead. The Tigers went nearly six minutes without making a field goal, until Robert Kelly hit a 3-pointer with 32 seconds left.BIG PICTURESavannah State: The Tigers dropped to 0-6 away from Savannah, including losses in two neutral-court games. After Thursday nights home game against Georgia Southern, the Tigers will play at No. 23 Oregon on Saturday, at Oregon State on Dec. 11 and at William & Mary on Dec. 19.San Diego State: The Aztecs are as healthy as theyve been all season. They had their second straight home blowout, sandwiched around their victory against Cal.UP NEXTSavannah State hosts Georgia Southern on Thursday.San Diego State plays at Loyola on Sunday. ' ' '
