Teams Up for Wuss

[Rossm]

 

Lee Blackett has named his side for Wasps’ first game back at Ricoh Arena, as they host Worcester Warriors on Friday.

Ben Vellacott and Ryan Mills make their first Wasps starts, having come off the bench to make their debuts in the win over Northampton Saints last week.

There are two potential Premiership debutants in the 23, as Alfie Barbeary and Theo Vukasinovic are named amongst the replacements.

Wasps team to face Worcester Warriors this Friday in Round 15 of the Gallagher Premiership at Ricoh Arena (kick-off 7:45pm)

Wasps (First-team appearances)

15 Rob Miller (111)

14 Paolo Odogwu (6)

13 Michael Le Bourgeois (31)

12 Ryan Mills (1)

11 Marcus Watson (45)

10 Lima Sopoaga (40)

9 Ben Vellacott (1)

1 Simon McIntyre (166)

2 Tom Cruse (77)

3 Biyi Alo (11)

4 Tim Cardall (15)

5 James Gaskell (c) (113)

6 Ben Morris (27)

7 Gabriel Oghre (21)

8 Tom Willis (14)

 

16 Alfie Barbeary (1)

17 Tom West (25)

18 Jeff Toomaga-Allen (13)

19 Theo Vukasinovic (5)

20 Sione Vailanu (17)

21 Sam Wolstenholme (

22 Jacob Umaga (22)

23 Matteo Minozzi (10)

[Raggs]

Well, that's rotation!

[Rossm]

Well, that's rotation!

Wow Gabby Oghre starts at 7. Very interesting.

[Neils]

Very interesting.  A hooker as a flanker - now where have we seen that before.
Suspect Worcester will fancy this one.

[Raggs]

Oghre is very mobile, very good feet, and likes to try and go for the ball, hopefully the new interpretations will help him.

It makes me wonder if we'll actually see Barbeary at all though. Hope we do, but suspect it'll only happen if the game is won or lost.

[WonkyWasp]

Excellent to see  that Tom Willis  is being included  as a starter.  Hope he  gets every chance to show how good he is.      Ah-ha ....... no Thibaud.     

[HDAWG]

Things I'm excited interested about:

- Oghre at 7, in sevens he was quite good at breakdown, no idea if that'll transfer to 15s... Never seen him play at flanker otherwise

- Barbeary on bench!

- Tom Willis Starting! Very excited by that

- Mills and Vellacott starting is great

- Sopoaga starting at fly half, time to see if need coaching has changed his performances at fly half. Let's see what he's like.

- Umaga on bench as reliable plan B

Concerns:

- le bourgeois at 13...

Slight bafflement:

- no Flament or Zhvania or Spink or De Jongh or Sirker or Owlett

[Trevs Big Tackle]

Excited to see how Lima goes at flyhalf with Blackett's more open playing style. Hopefully the forwards can provide a base and the midfield gels quickly.

[Heathen]

Interesting 23.

Heavyweights being kept back for Sale.

Warriors | 15 Chris Pennell, 14 Noah Heward, 13 Francois Venter, 12 Will Butler (C), 11 Nick David, 10 Duncan Weir, 9 Gareth Simpson, 1 Callum Black, 2 Beck Cutting, 3 Richard Palframan, 4 James Scott, 5 Andrew Kitchener, 6 GJ van Velze, 7 Tom Dodd, 8 Cornell du Preez.

Replacements | 16 Isaac Miller, 17 Lewis Holsey, 18 Joe Morris, 19 Justin Clegg, 20 Caleb Montgomery, 21 Jono Kitto, 22 Jamie Shillcock, 23 Oli Morris.

[ricohchezwasp]

Sirker and de jonge injured

[Neils]

Sirker is still progressing from his injury and is a way away. JdJ and Spink were injured last week and could still be struggling.

[Raggs]

Sirker is still progressing from his injury and is a way away. JdJ and Spink were injured last week and could still be struggling.

Even if they're fully healed, they won't have been in the team training, better to use the players that have been.

[will311293]

Did Zuzu sign a new deal?

I would assume that if he hasn't and Flament hasn't either, Lee has decided to put more effort into players he knows he will have next year.

[backdoc]

Wolstenholme over Porter - I thought this from last seasons performances. Wolstenholme came from nowhere and looked very able.

[HDAWG]

Backdoc, agreed Wolstenholme was our 2nd best scrum half this season before lockdown