Teams Up

[Rossm]

15 Matteo Minozzi (9)

14 Zach Kibirige (17)

13 Malakai Fekitoa (15)

12 Jimmy Gopperth (96)

11 Josh Bassett (119)

10 Jacob Umaga (21)

9 Dan Robson (115)

1 Ben Harris (59)

2 Tommy Taylor (65)

3 Kieran Brookes (35)

4 Joe Launchbury (c) (145)

5 Will Rowlands (85)

6 Jack Willis (54)

7 Thomas Young (111)

8 Brad Shields (26)

 

16 Gabriel Oghre (20)

17 Tom West (24)

18 Jeff Toomaga-Allen (12)

19 James Gaskell (112)

20 Sione Vailanu (16)

21 Ben Vellacott (0)

22 Lima Sopoaga (39)

23 Ryan Mills (0)

[Neils]

Not bad. Strong bench which we will need.

[Heathen]

Good team for the restart - quality bench as well.

[DGP Wasp]

That has brought a smile to my face on a dreary Friday afternoon!  Not seen one of these posts for a long time!  Well done Ross for being first out of the traps!

Much as expected only with Lima starting on the bench rather than at FB.
Looking forward to seeing Velacott finally make his bow.

[HDAWG]

Looks good. Has Toomaga-Allen improved over the season? It's been a while since he's played in the premiership team.

[Rossm]

And the oppo:

15 George Furbank
14 Harry Mallinder
13 Fraser Dingwall
12 Piers Francis
11 Ahsee Tuala
10 Dan Biggar
9 Alex Mitchell

1 Francois van Wyk
2 Mikey Haywood
3 Paul Hill
4 David Ribbans
5 Api Ratuniyarawa
6 Courtney Lawes
7 Lewis Ludlam
8 Teimana Harrison (c)

Replacements:
16 Sam Matavesi
17 Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi
18 Owen Franks
19 Alex Coles
20 JJ Tonks
21 Henry Taylor
22 Matt Proctor
23 Taqele Naiyaravoro

[Wiltshire Wasp]

Oh welcome back!

[Steve from Cov]

I can’t wait for Sunday !

I’m a little surprised Minnozi and Bassett are starting and had thought that Harris and West were our 3rd and 4th choices at loose head?

Our bench looks good.

The Saints team doesn’t worry me but Naiyaravoro is a beast to come off the bench. No Isiekwe is a big surprise.

[Neils]

I can’t wait for Sunday !

I’m a little surprised Minnozi and Bassett are starting and had thought that Harris and West were our 3rd and 4th choices at loose head?

Our bench looks good.

The Saints team doesn’t worry me but Naiyaravoro is a beast to come off the bench. No Isiekwe is a big surprise.

Saints team worries me!

[HDAWG]

Saints team does worry me too... Just hoping they don't adjust well having Mitchell as scrum half Instead of Reinach. And not sure about their front row.... Big game

[Chunky24]

I can’t wait for Sunday !

I’m a little surprised Minnozi and Bassett are starting and had thought that Harris and West were our 3rd and 4th choices at loose head?

Our bench looks good.

The Saints team doesn’t worry me but Naiyaravoro is a beast to come off the bench. No Isiekwe is a big surprise.

Think in terms of consistency and resilience Harris arguably first choice now.

[hopwood]

Does anybody else worry about Minozzi's size playing at 15?
He's got some wheels, yes.
And I think, in the Wasps team, he fits in better on the wing.

Slightly surprised Lima isn't starting at 15.
But we're not privy to what goes on in training.

[MarleyWasp]

Looks good. Has Toomaga-Allen improved over the season? It's been a while since he's played in the premiership team.

It's been a while since anyone played in the Premiership, but his last game was against Saracens and he was quite handy in the loose.

[Chunky24]

Does anybody else worry about Minozzi's size playing at 15?
He's got some wheels, yes.
And I think, in the Wasps team, he fits in better on the wing.

Slightly surprised Lima isn't starting at 15.
But we're not privy to what goes on in training.

Could be to do with rotation around 10 for other games, Jacob presumably can't play them all, so one of Lima, Jimmy or Mills have to be an alternative so can't play in other positions in the rest of the games as well.

[Stinging Wasp]

And we've a match next Friday too, so rotation is key. Think there'll be quite a few changes for that one as player fitness and management will be very important.

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