Ready For Action

By Buzzing Back
January 28 2022

Joe Launchbury makes a long awaited and much welcomed return to the Wasps side which takes on Sarries at home on Sunday (kick off 3.00).

Skipper Joe will team up with Elliott Stooke at lock and there's half a dozen other changes notably in the back row where Vaea Fifita starts at blindside  for the first time. He'll hunker down with Brad Shields  and Gabriel Oghre.

Biyi Alo is back at tighthead prop and Marcus Watson switches from the wing to full-back following Ali Crossdale's injury.

The Six Nations beckons so is there a better time to face Sarries? 

Wasps: 15 Marcus Watson 14 Paolo Odogwu 13 Sam Spink 12 Jimmy Gopperth 11 Josh Bassett 10 Charlie Atkinson 9 Dan Robson 1 Rodrigo Martinez 2 Tom Cruse  3 Biyi Alo 4 Joe Launchbury (captain) 5 Elliott Stooke 6 Vaea Fifita 7 Gabriel Oghre 8 Brad Shields 

Bench: 16 Michael van Vuuren 17 Tom West Elliot Millar-Mills 19 James Gaskell 20 Ben Morris 21 Sam Wolstenholme22 Malakai Fekitoa 23 Rob Miller.

Sarries: 15 Alex Goode 14 Rotimi Segun 13 Alex Lozowski 12 Nick Tompkins 11 Alex Lewington 10 Manu Vunipola 9 Ivan Van Zyl 1 Mako Vunipola 2 Tom Woolstencroft 3 Vincent Koch 4 Callum Hunter-Hill 5 Tim Swinson 6 Theo McFarland 7 Ben Earl  8 Billy Vunipola

Bench: 16 Ethan Lewis 17 Eroni Mawi 18 Alec Clarey 19 Janco Venter 20 Andy Christie  21 Aled Davies 22 Brandon Jackson  23 Sean Maitland