Team's up

[matelot22]

15. Willie Le Roux
 14. Christian Wade
 13. Elliot Daly
 12. Gaby Lovobalavu
 11. Marcus Watson
 10. Danny Cipriani
 9. Joe Simpson
 1. Matt Mullan
 2. Tom Cruse
 3. Jake Cooper-Woolley
 4. Joe Launchbury (c)
 5. Matt Symons
 6. Alex Rieder
 7. Guy Thompson
 8. Nathan Hughes

 16. Ashley Johnson
 17. Simon McIntyre
 18. Marty Moore
 19. Will Rowlands
 20. James Haskell
 21. Craig Hampson
 22. Rob Miller
 23. Juan De Jongh

to face:

15. Mike Brown (282)
 14. Marland Yarde (76)
 13. Joe Marchant (39)
 12. Jamie Roberts (31)
 11. Charlie Walker (69)
 10. Marcus Smith (2)
 9. Danny Care (226)

 1. Joe Marler (154)
 2. Dave Ward (119)
 3. Kyle Sinckler (102)
 4. George Merrick (61)
 5. James Horwill (Captain, 42)
 6. Chris Robshaw (241)
 7. Jack Clifford (68)
 8. Mat Luamanu (40)

 16. Elia Elia (1)
 17. Mark Lambert (211)
 18. Will Collier (110)
 19. Ben Glynn (2)
 20. Stan South (9)
 21. Dave Lewis (-)
 22. Tim Swiel (42)
 23. Harry Sloan (33)

[Raggs]

Quins fans don't know who Gaby is, reckon Roberts will be better .  Looking forward to the surprise on that one!

[NellyWellyWaspy]

hehe. Might be much the same as Reider's last week???

Isn't it time for drunkenwasps to go down, as it is close to a match ... oh wait  The site is awaiting update. Please check later.

[Trevs Big Tackle]

Team's up, Drunken Wasps down!

[Brandnewtorugby]

I saw that about Gabi as well! Look forward to him introducing himself. My only concern is that it is new combinations. Kicking is going to be interesting, we will likely have at least 3 decent kickers on the pitch even through the subs, but arguably our best not on the pitch. Not really seen the others much though to be fair.

[Dgwasp]

Roberts will be good I'm sure, I'd be excited to see a side with him in, but Gaby will bring an unknown element and with luck the ball will move quickly between Cips, Gaby and Elliot. Defensively the two centres should hopefully work well too. In terms of kicking, it will potentially be less consistent but Gopperth was never going to play every game at 12 (or 15 for that matter).  Dai has quite rightly given Cips the responsibility... We will see how this goes.  Miller and Daly have kicked well in the past so I'm not too worried.

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[NellyWellyWaspy]

Well, Dai had little choice, as Gopperth is injured (foot), as is Robson (left knee - he twisted it as he made that clearance kick in the 61st minute when Wuss missed a penalty by bouncing it off the upright).

[Dgwasp]

Well yes NWW...  We will just need to ensure all the tries go in under the posts... That is obviously a little presumptuous. But that back line is so exciting, especially with the forward pack fronting up.

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[BG]

Various Wasps supporters are worried about our cover at 10.. bear a thought for Quins.. an 18 yr old starting.. (Marcus Smith) albeit very talented.

And Drunken Wasps is down again? Is it just our site or does it happen to other clubs' sites?

[Raggs]

It happens to everyones here and there, but we're particularly poor at getting articles wrtten.

[Brandnewtorugby]

It is such an irritating platform, I am there to read posts whether they are wrapped up as an article or not. The adverts are obtrusive and the text jumps around in a way that I swear it is trying to make me click adverts by accident.

[NellyWellyWaspy]

Our team has changed. Dai's squad now digging deep as Symons is out is ill. Rowlands is in, and Garratt on the bench. Which is odd, as the original team announcement had said that Marcus Garratt was unavailable due to injury, or not available for other reasons. Is/was he on loan somewhere?

[Rossm]

I really like Will Rowlands.

[Raggs]

Garratt may have been out with the most minor injury.  Better him than a second backrow perhaps.  Who knows.