All Change for Irish

There are no less than seven changes as the coaches look to get our season back on track with Irish the visitors.

In the backs Will Porter and Jacob Umaga start with Michael Le Bourgeois getting a start with the bonus of Will Rowlands is back from  Six Nations duty with Wales.

We haven't won at the Ricoh since the New Year, and will be wearing black arm bands in memory of Gary Halpin, our former captain,  who sadly passed away this week at he age of 55.

Wasps: Minozzi; Kibirige, De Jongh, Le Bourgeois, Bassett; Umaga, Porter; West, Cruse, Toomaga-Allen, Rowlands, Gaskell, Shields (capt.), Oghre, T Willis.

Replacements: Taylor, Harris, Thomas, Douglas, Vailanu, Vellacott, Atkinson, Gopperth.

Irish: Parton; Loader, Rona, Brophy Clews, Hassell-Collins; Jackson, Phipps; Dell, Creevy, Hoskins, Mafi, Nott, O'Brien, Donnell, Rogerson (capt.).

Replacements: Cornish, Goodrick-Clarke, Chawatama, Simmons, Cowan, Meehan, Hepetema, Joseph.