Wasps v Castres: Teams

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Wasps v Castres: Teams

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Warring Wasps duo Danny Cipriani and Josh Lewsey will line up alongside each other for the visit of Castres in the Heineken Cup.

Cipriani and Lewsey were involved in a training ground bust-up, which saw the England fly-half floored according to reports.

However the pair have since made up and will lead a talented looking Wasps back division.

Cipriani will make his second start since suffering a horrific ankle injury back in May, with Irish ace Eoin Reddan named at scrum-half.

Lewsey will pair up with Riki Flutey in the centres, while Aussie full-back Lachlan Mitchell, Paul Sackey and Tom Voyce make up the backline.

Up front, experience abounds in the pack, with Raphaël Ibañez returning to the number two shirt and taking the captaincy of the side.

There's an all-English international back-row trio of James Haskell, Tom Rees and Joe Worsley, with Serge Betsen names on the bench.

Englishman Phil Christophers, formerly of Leeds, will renew acquaintances with old foes when he lines up for Castres.

French international Lionel Nallet captains the saide, which is largely devoid of any other big names, and deprived of regular place-kicker Romain Teulet.

Wasps: 15 Lachlan Mitchell, 14 Paul Sackey, 13 Josh Lewsey, 12 Riki Flutey, 11 Tom Voyce, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Eoin Reddan, 8 Joe Worsley, 7 Tom Rees, 6 James Haskell, 5 Tom Palmer, 4 Simon Shaw, 3 Phil Vickery, 2 Raphaël Ibañez (c), 1 Tim Payne.
Replacements: 16 Rob Webber, 17 Pat Barnard, 18 Richard Birkett, 19 Serge Betsen, 20 Mark Robinson, 21 Dan Leo, 22 Jeremy Staunton

Castres: 15 Thomas Bouquié, 14 Lionel Mazars, 13 Philip Christophers, 12 Thomas Sanchou, 11 Rafael Carballo, 10 Cameron McIntyre, 9 Sébastien Tillous-Borde, 8 Florian Faure, 7 Darron Nell, 6 Steve Malonga, 5 Lionel Nallet (c), 4 Rodrigo Capo Ortega, 3 Luc Ducalcon, 2 Romain Terrain, 1 Gideon Lensing.
Replacements: 16 Akvsenti Giorgadze, 17 Yannick Forestier, 18 Colin Gaston, 19 Leiataua Tomiki, 20 Paul Bonnefond, 21 Kevin Senio, 22 Anthony Lagardere.