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Leicester coach Aaron Mauger is pitted against former Crusaders and New Zealand team-mate Dan Carter when the Tigers face Racing 92 in the Champions Cup semi-final on Sunday.Carter, a veteran of 112 Tests and last years World Rugby Player of the Year, is bidding to lead Racing 92 to their first major European final, and Mauger has urged his players not to give the star playmaker any time on the ball at Nottingham Forests City Ground.Hes never been overawed by any challenge, and its no different now, said Mauger. Hes probably been the difference for Racing this year, even though you dont want to pin too much on one person.Hell back himself to play whats in front of him, but weve got to back ourselves to take that time and space away from him, limit his options and put him under pressure. Carter and Aaron Mauger played together for the All Blacks and the Crusaders Mauger has been widely credited with adding an extra degree of backline flair this season to a Leicester side traditionally known for forward power, and it was on full display as the Tigers smashed Stade Francais 41-13 in the quarter-final earlier in the month.Director of Rugby Richard Cockerill will hope for more of the same as he opts to retain the side that beat Northampton 30-24 in the Aviva Premiership last Saturday.Graham Kitchener makes his 100th appearance for Leicester as he lines up alongside Dom Barrow in the second row, while prop Logovii Mulipola is also in line for his 100th appearance after being included among the replacements. Ben Youngs partners Freddie Burns at half-back and Peter Betham pairs up with Manu Tuilagi in midfield.We went with the same group of players last week because we wanted to build momentum and weve had three good wins in three big games over the last three weeks with Gloucester, Stade Francais and Northampton, said Cockerill.Its good to keep combinations together, weve been in pretty good form and its nice to pick from a settled squad.Sunday will be a great occasion. Were going to enjoy it and give it everything weve got. Graham Kitchener makes his 100th appearance for Leicester this weekend In a star-studded Racing line-up, skipper Maxime Machenaud joins Carter in the half-backs, while their international back three is a threatening one, with full-back Brice Dulin flanked by wingers Joe Rokocoko and Argentinas Juan Imhoff.Luke Charteris and Francois van der Merwe pack down in the second row and former All Black Chris Masoe wears the No 8 jersey where he joins Frances Wenceslas Lauret and Bernard Le Roux in the loose trio.If Leicester are able to topple the Top 14 heavyweights it will set up an all-England Champions Cup final as Saracens host Wasps in the other semi-final on Saturday, live on Sky Sports 1 from 2.55pm.Leicester Tigers: 15 Mathew Tait (c), 14 Telusa Veainu, 13 Peter Betham, 12 Manu Tuilagi, 11 Vereniki Goneva, 10 Freddie Burns, 9 Ben Youngs; 1 Marcos Ayerza, 2 Harry Thacker, 3 Dan Cole, 4 Dom Barrow, 5 Graham Kitchener, 6 Mike Fitzgerald, 7 Lachlan McCaffrey, 8 Opeti Fonua.Replacements: 16 Greg Bateman, 17 Logovii Mulipola, 18 Fraser Balmain, 19 Ed Slater, 20 Tom Croft, 21 Sam Harrison, 22 Owen Williams, 23 Adam Thompstone.Racing 92: 15 Brice Dulin, 14 Joe Rokocoko, 13 Johannes Goosen, 12 Alexandre Dumoulin, 11 Juan Imhoff, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Maxime Machenaud (c); 1 Eddy Ben Arous, 2 Virgile Lacombe, 3 Ben Tameifuna, 4 Luke Charteris, 5 Francois van der Merwe, 6 Wenceslas Lauret, 7 Bernard Le Roux, 8 Chris Masoe.Replacements: 16 Camille Chat, 17 Khatchik Vartanov, 18 Luc Ducalcon, 19 Manuel Carizza, 20 Antonie Claassen, 21 Mike Phillips, 22 Remi Tales, 23 Louis Dupichot. 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Reigning world champion Eve Muirhead of Scotland opened with a 12-2 rout of Winnipegs Jennifer Jones in a battle of teams bound for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.Lancashire 152 and 28 for 3 need 319 more runs to beat Warwickshire 219 and 279 for 7 dec (Ambrose 59*, Lilley 3-56)Scorecard Whatever the last day has in store, Warwickshire will have to conclude that this has been a let-down of a season, irrespective of the trophy they brought home from Lords last weekend. They began it as a popular choice among the pundits as the team most likely to derail Yorkshires bid for a hat-trick of titles, yet have finished it in a relegation scrap with Lancashire.Whats more, it is a youthful, inexperienced Lancashire, a side in its development stage, several years away from reaching maturity. Perhaps Warwickshire are a little too mature, lacking the mental vigour of youth, the appetite for success perhaps having lost a little of its edge. Seven of the side in action here are the wrong side of 30, with Keith Barker not far away.Barkers contribution has been beyond reproach, comprising 608 runs and 60 wickets - his highest haul yet - and Jeetan Patel has underlined his status as the best spinner in the Championship, despite being pressed hard by Somersets Jack Leach. Beyond those two, however, there are not many contenders for player of the year.The new lease of life that Ian Bell perhaps hoped to have drawn from the captaincy has not happened and nor has the England recall of which he retained some hope. Jonathan Trott, about to bare his soul in his new autobiography, has recovered well from his troubled times but not even he could manage 1,000 Championship runs, a milestone well out of reach of everyone else. Sam Hain, the great hope of recent seasons, has taken his overdue chance in white-ball cricket well enough but in the red-ball game by the most generous assessment he has had a year standing still.If they do survive - and to do so they must win if Hampshire defeat Durham in Southampton - they will at least have avoided slipping into the backwater that will be home to all the other Midlands counties next season. You fear they might be battling against the current again next year, however, unless something happens to shake things up.Given their experience and the bonus of three wickets in the final hour of day three, you would expect them to get the job done. Their second innings matched the first in producing only one half-century but those who made a start without building on it substantially accumulated enough runs collectively to set Lancashire a real challenge, enabling Bell tto set 347 to win in a day plus 18 overs.ddddddddddddTrott, not at his most fluent but still able to produce some lovely drives, appeared to be the one who would come up with the key innings until he was bowled through the gate by offspinner Arron Lilleys second ball, after which Bell was bowled off an inside edge attempting his familiar late cut. But Tim Ambrose stepped up with an unbeaten 59 that held things together. There was not as much turn in the pitch as was anticipated but although there were some batting misjudgments - Alex Mellor, Ian Westwood and Hain all fell offering no stroke - Lancashire kept up to their work willingly and Tom Bailey led the attack with discipline. Lilley finished with 3 for 56.Those evening inroads, though, have probably swung the balance. Haseeb Hameed survived, but the loss of Rob Jones, trapped in front by Barker, Luke Procter, another to be leg before without playing a shot, and Karl Brown, who feathered a catch to Ambrose off Chris Wright, leaves Lancashire already running out of reliable batsmen, although they will draw some comfort from knowing a draw would be enough for their survival.As Patel explained, it was enough to give Warwickshire belief that they can finish Lancashire off and leave their former coach, Ashley Giles, looking for assistance from Durham to keep a relegation off his CV.Win or not, Patel agreed that Warwickshires poor season in four-day cricket needs to be addressed.To take those three wickets tonight was very important because it put more pressure on them and gave us a bit of belief, he said. It is all about tomorrow now , tomorrow is the biggest day of our season. We are in a position where we can win the game and if we can get ruthless and keep pushing and pushing we can knock them over.But it is very disappointing to be fighting to avoid relegation because we started the season aiming to win all the competitions.It is a tough division but Im not going to lie - we are down at this end of the table not for that reason but because we just missed key moments.I think regardless of the result it will be spoken about and hopefully guys are willing enough and man enough to take it on the chin and say how do I get better because next year will bring the same pressures. People will get better and weve got to get better with them. ' ' '