Wasps v Gloucester preview

Published: Saturday, 16. February, 2013 in category Northern Hemishere
Stephen Jones: Starts at 10 for Wasps

Fourth-placed Wasps have made two changes for their home clash with fifth-placed Gloucester this Sunday in the Aviva Premiership (1pm).

Stephen Jones comes in at fly-half and Andrea Masi will line up at outside-centre after returning from international duty.

Nigel Davies has kept the same Gloucester side that clinched a hard fought 27-11 win at Northampton Saints last week.

On the bench, they make four changes with Jim Hamilton, Koree Britton, Dave Lewis and Shane Monahan all coming in.

Wasps: 15 Hugo Southwell (c), 14 Christian Wade, 13 Andrea Masi, 12 Chris Bell, 11 Tom Varndell, 10 Stephen Jones, 9 Joe Simpson, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Sam Jones, 6 Ashley Johnson, 5 Marco Wentzel, 4 James Cannon, 3 Phil Swainston, 2 T Rhys Thomas, 1 Zak Taulafo.

Replacements: 16 Tom Lindsay, 17 Tim Payne, 18 Will Taylor, 19 Alex Rae, 20 Matt Everard, 21 Charlie Davies, 22 Nick Robinson, 23 Elliot Daly.

Gloucester: 15 Rob Cook, 14 Charlie Sharples, 13 Mike Tindall (capt), 12 Tim Molenaar, 11 Jonny May, 10 Ryan Mills, 9 Dan Robson, 8 Sione Kalamafoni, 7 Akapusi Qera, 6 Tom Savage, 5 Will James, 4 Lua Lokotui, 3 Rupert Harden, 2 Darren Dawidiuk, 1 Nick Wood.

Replacements: 16 Koree Britton, 17 Dan Murphy, 18 Yann Thomas, 19 Jim Hamilton, 20 Matt Cox, 21 Dave Lewis, 22 Shane Monahan, 23 Martyn Thomas.