Team's up

[COYW15]

Men’s Head Coach Lee Blackett has named his side to take on Leicester Tigers at Mattioli Woods Welford Road in the second round of the Premiership Cup on Tuesday 27 September, kick off 7pm, as Wasps aim to make it two from two.

Will Haydon-Wood captain’s the side at 10, joining Harry Craven in the half-backs.

In the front row, Elliot Millar-Mills and Rodrigo Martinez will join Michael Van Vuuren who scored two tries last time out against Newcastle Falcons.

Cam Dodson lines up alongside Theo Vukasinovic in the second row, with Fyn Brown, Kieran Curran and Greg Fisilau in the back-row to complete the forwards.

Paolo Odogwu gets his first start in Black and Gold this season and will link up with Will Simonds to form the centre partnership.

Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, Player Of The Game against Newcastle Falcons, is on the wing. Joining him is Ollie Dawkins, with Olly Hartley at full back.

Wasps team to face Leicester Tigers at Mattioli Woods Welford Road on Tuesday 27 September, kick off 7pm.

1          Rodrigo Martinez
2          Michael Van Vuuren
3          Elliot Millar-Mills
4          Cam Dodson
5          Theo Vukasinovic 
6          Fyn Brown
7          Kieran Curran
8          Greg Fisilau

9          Harry Craven
10        Will Haydon-Wood (C)
11        Ollie Dawkins 
12        Will Simonds
13        Paolo Odogwu 
14        Immanuel Feyi-Waboso 
15        Olly Hartley 

Replacements

16       Corbin Thunder 
17       Archie McArthur
18       Robin Hardwick 
19       Alfie Bell
20       James Tunney 
21       Mason Winterburn 
22       Reikiti Maasi-White
23        Luke Mehson 

https://www.wasps.co.uk/news/wasps-name-side-for-tigers-premiership-cup-clash/

[COYW15]

To play:

STARTING XV
15 Lachlan Shelley [1]
14 Joe Browning [3]
13 Jacob Cusick [6]
12 Joseph Woodward [3]
11 Hosea Saumaki [14]
10 Jed Walsh [1]
9 Sam Edwards (vc) [5]
1 James Whitcombe (c) [24]
2 Tom Horton [1]
3 Will Hurd [10]
4 Cameron Henderson [21]
5 Lewis Chessum [3]
6 Josh Manz [1]
7 Emeka Ilione [3]
8 Sean Jansen (vc) [5]

REPLACEMENTS
16 Archie Vanes [4]
17 Dan Richardson [6]
18 Nephi Leatigaga [69]
19 Tom Manz [1]
20 Finn Carnduff [2]
21 Josh Goodwin *
22 Morgan Meredith [2]
23 Marcus Ramage [1]

* Leicester Tigers senior debut & Loan player

[BlackAndGoldSunglasses]

1          Rodrigo Martinez

How good to see this guy back? Great, great news.

[Shugs]

Strong team and Martinez and Odogwu get game time.

[Steve from Cov]

Strong selection. Great to see Rodrigo back!

It’s on BT Sport and should be a cracker.

[Heathen]

A good looking team. Should be a cracker at WR.

[InBetweenWasp]

Great that it's on BT Sport - Fisilau had a piece showcasing/interviewing him in this weekend's TRP.

[Westy68]

Must admit nice to see Martinez and Paolo playing, hope both have good games. A few players I don't know to much about, but keen to see how Corbin gets on

[COYW15]

Excited to see Corbin, Maasi-White and Feyi-Waboso in particular.

[Rossm]

Great to see Rodders and The Dog back. Good luck, lads.

[COYW15]

Anyone else loving that these are midweek games? PR Cup at the weekend always seemed like a bit of an anti-climax (as opposed to Prem/Europe) but brilliant to have something in the week now the A-league is no more. Appreciate it makes it difficult for many to get to games, though, and my thoughts might change if we get hit by injuries.

[JonnyD]

Tigers have put out a very inexperienced team but of course they will be very well drilled.
Some good match ups here between some of the U20 internationals.

Great to see Pabs and Martinez back as well as Curran back as thought he went off injured last week.
Van Vuuren was strong last week by all accounts so he could be pushing Cruse for 2nd spot if Frost is out a while

[WonkyWasp]

Good luck Wasps.  Looking forward to seeing all those new faces and matching them to the names I the several already know, and good to see those I already know.  Go for it boys.

[InBetweenWasp]

Anyone else loving that these are midweek games? PR Cup at the weekend always seemed like a bit of an anti-climax (as opposed to Prem/Europe) but brilliant to have something in the week now the A-league is no more. Appreciate it makes it difficult for many to get to games, though, and my thoughts might change if we get hit by injuries.

Do like the prospect of TV coverage for these games.  I think the problem with the Prem Cup squads was that there was often an imbalance with one team fielding seemingly a much stronger squad than the other.

[Peej]

Anyone else loving that these are midweek games? PR Cup at the weekend always seemed like a bit of an anti-climax (as opposed to Prem/Europe) but brilliant to have something in the week now the A-league is no more. Appreciate it makes it difficult for many to get to games, though, and my thoughts might change if we get hit by injuries.

The problem with them being midweek games is squads that have been squeezed by the salary cap are squeezed even more by playing with such a short turnaround. I'd run the whole tournament in the international windows and have a break from the Prem.

On the plus side, great to see Odogwu and Martinez back. Interested to see how Hartley goes at 15, and what Haydon-Wood continues to do. Curran not being injured after coming off last week is a major plus - I think he's going to be a hell of a player.