Team's up

[BG]

If JCW is injured then it won't come as a surpise to us.

Flament part of the 23 again. I doubt he can be promoted to the senior squad mid-season but there's been very little sign of Theo V.

Wasps obviously like what they see and its a heart warming to see someone succeed having not followed the normal conveyor belt to becoming a professional rugby player

[NellyWellyWaspy]

If JCW is injured then it won't come as a surpise to us.

Flament part of the 23 again. I doubt he can be promoted to the senior squad mid-season but there's been very little sign of Theo V.

Wasps obviously like what they see and its a heart warming to see someone succeed having not followed the normal conveyor belt to becoming a professional rugby player

But ... as he has not been in anyone else's academy, and he is young enough and has joined ours, he becomes home grown for us.

[Raggs]

If JCW is injured then it won't come as a surpise to us.

Flament part of the 23 again. I doubt he can be promoted to the senior squad mid-season but there's been very little sign of Theo V.

Wasps obviously like what they see and its a heart warming to see someone succeed having not followed the normal conveyor belt to becoming a professional rugby player

But ... as he has not been in anyone else's academy, and he is young enough and has joined ours, he becomes home grown for us.

Only home grown if he joins before he's 18 I think?

[Hymenoptera]

Sharks
15.Sam James; 14.Denny Solomona, 13.James O’Connor, 12.Johnny Leota, 11.Arron Reed; 10.Rob Du Preez, 9.Will Cliff;1.Ross Harrison, 2.Rob Webber, 3.WillGriff John, 4.Bryn Evans, 5.James Phillips, 6.Jono Ross (capt.), 7.Ben Curry, 8.Josh Beaumont.

Replacements: 16.Curtis Langdon, 17.Tom Bristow, 18.Joe Jones, 19.Matt Postlethwaite, 20.Cameron Neild, 21.Gus Warr, 22.Kieran Wilkinson, 23.Luke James

They must be desperate not to lose this one - they've got Ben Curry starting.

Is this a joke I am missing, this is not the team.

[wasps]

When was our last Friday night victory?
We never play well even when we have a strong team.
They always give me a bad feeling

[Shugs]

We beat them in the same fixture on a Friday night last year.

[Rossm]

Sharks
15.Sam James; 14.Denny Solomona, 13.James O’Connor, 12.Johnny Leota, 11.Arron Reed; 10.Rob Du Preez, 9.Will Cliff;1.Ross Harrison, 2.Rob Webber, 3.WillGriff John, 4.Bryn Evans, 5.James Phillips, 6.Jono Ross (capt.), 7.Ben Curry, 8.Josh Beaumont.

Replacements: 16.Curtis Langdon, 17.Tom Bristow, 18.Joe Jones, 19.Matt Postlethwaite, 20.Cameron Neild, 21.Gus Warr, 22.Kieran Wilkinson, 23.Luke James

They must be desperate not to lose this one - they've got Ben Curry starting.

Is this a joke I am missing, this is not the team.

Not a joke. Just a mistake. Mea culpa, mea maxima culpa.

Full Team: Jake's on the bench

[HDAWG]

Shugs,

Hate to be that guy, last season we beat them at Sale on a Saturday. Season before we lost at Sale on a Friday (Cips and Robson double headbut with Faf match).

[DGP Wasp]

Flament part of the 23 again. I doubt he can be promoted to the senior squad mid-season but there's been very little sign of Theo V.

To do with the cap at least in part I'd have thought.  Senior squad members' salaries all contribute to the cap.  If he's eligible to be registered as an academy player then makes sense to keep him there as that falls outside the cap, but can still play for the 1st XV. 

[BG]

Is there a PRL ceiling as to what a club can pay academy players? Is there a time limit on how long a player can be in an academy at the same club?

[Tervueren]

There must be or else Sarries would be plying with only an "academy" base team of Lions and other internationals

[mike909]

Hate to be that guy, last season we beat them at Sale on a Saturday. Season before we lost at Sale on a Friday.........

Not going to work as a Craig David cover......(sorry...)

[Westy68]

If JCW is injured then it won't come as a surpise to us.

Flament part of the 23 again. I doubt he can be promoted to the senior squad mid-season but there's been very little sign of Theo V.

Wasps obviously like what they see and its a heart warming to see someone succeed having not followed the normal conveyor belt to becoming a professional rugby player

Yes it was all down to Saracens, everything good in rugby is down to Saracens

[Westy68]

Why is Henry Slade playing for exeter and Luke c-d on the bench and we can't play Launchbury

[baldpaul101]

I don't there any reason outside of Wasps why Launchbury isn't playing. My understanding was that Wasps gave him the time off, not England demanded it.