Premiership Return

Willi Heinz skippers the Cherry and Whites for the visit of second place Wasps - possibly as a sign of things to come.

With Greg Laidlaw and Co. moving on at the end of the season this week has seen some important developments as the Gloucester side for 2017-18 is shaped.

Heinz and Ben Morgan have both agreed new deals - the latter no doubt looking forward to having Carl Fearns alongside him.

Before that there is the little matter of this season and we could do with moving up the league.

There will be 12 changes to the starting line-up from last week's creditable show in the Anglo-Welsh at Saints - so most of this week's team (kick off 4.30 after England v Fiji) will be nice and fresh.

Only Billy Burns, Lewis Ludlow and Henry Purdy keep their places in a side affected by injuries and internatioonal duties - as is the case for Wasps, of course.

Gloucs: 15. James Hook; 14. Charlie Sharples, 13. Matt Scott, 12. Mark Atkinson, 11. Henry Purdy; 10. Billy Burns, 9. Willi Heinz (captain); 1. Paddy McAllister, 2. Richard Hibbard, 3. John Afoa; 4. Tom Savage, 5. Mariano Galarza; 6. Lewis Ludlow, 7. Jacob Rowan, 8. Ben Morgan.

Reps: Motu Matu'u,  Yann Thomas,  Josh Hohneck,  Joe Latta,  Matt Kvesic,  Callum Braley,  Mat Protheroe,  Ollie Thorley.

Wasps:1 5. Rob Miller;14. Christian Wade, 13. Kyle Eastmond,12. Jimmy Gopperth ,11. Josh Bassett; 10. Danny Cipriani, 9. Dan Robson;1. Matt Mullan (captain), 2. Tommy Taylor, 3. Phil Swainston; 4. Matt Symons,5. Kearnan Myall; 6. James Gaskell, 7. Thomas Young, 8. Guy Thompson.

Reps: Tom Cruse,  Tom Bristow, Marty Moore, Will Rowlands, Ashley Johnson, Joe Simpson, Frank Halai, Alapati Leiua