Three Changes for Glaws

Matt Kvesic, Elliott Stooke and Dan Robson all keep their places after coming off the bench last week ..

Gloucs: Rob Cook; Charlie Sharples, Henry Purdy, Billy Twelvetrees (captain), Jonny May; James Hook, Dan Robson; Dan Murphy, Richard Hibbard, John Afoa; Elliott Stooke, Tom Palmer; Sione Kalamafoni, Matt Kvesic, Ben Morgan.

Bench: Aleki Lutui, Yann Thomas, Sila Puafisi, James Hudson, Ross Moriarty, Greig Laidlaw, Mark Atkinson, Tom Isaacs.

London Welsh make four changes. In the backs, Tom May and Rhys Crane come in to replace the injured Tim Molenaar and Seb Stegmann at centre and wing respectively.

In the forwards, Lachlan McCaffrey moves from Number 8 to blindside flanker in place of the injured Peter Browne, with Ollie Stedman coming in to the side at Number 8.

Head coach Juston Burnell admits: “The first few games have been really tough for us - we’ve got some obvious errors to rectify. But we’re looking forward to being back at the Kassam Stadium and getting our loyal band of supporters’ right behind us. We’re back at home and that’s important,”

“As a group, the coaches, management and players all felt our performance in our first home game of the season against Exeter was unacceptable – we let a lot of people down. We’ll be looking to address that on Friday.”

Our previous visit to the Kassam Stadium in the Premiership came in September 2012 and saw us come away with a 31-25 win. The Exiles had led 25-21 going in to the final quarter, but Shaun Knight’s try ensured a winning debut for Gloucester at the Kassam Stadium.

London Welsh: 15. Seb Jewell, 14. Rhys Crane, 13. Nic Reynolds, 12. Tom May* (C), 11. Nick Scott, 10. Olly Barkley*, 9. Piri Weepu*, 1. Ricky Reeves, 2. Koree Britton, 3. Taione Vea*, 4. Dean Schofield*, 5. James Down, 6. Lachlan McCaffrey, 7. Richard Thorpe, 8. Ollie Stedman.

Bench: 16. Nathan Morris, 17. Shane Cahill, 18. Jack Gilding, 19. Matt Corker, 20. Ben Pienaar, 21. Rob Lewis, 22. Tristan Roberts, 23. James Lewis.