Bath v Wasps: Teams
Dai Young's Wasps outfit head to Bath with the knowledge that a win will go a long way to assuring their Premiership survival.
Last Updated: 20/04/12 1:49pm
Dai Young's Wasps outfit head to Bath this weekend knowing that victory would go a long way to assuring their Aviva Premiership survival.
The Londoners currently sit second bottom in the table, four points clear of basement dwellers Newcastle.
Wasps and Newcastle go head-to-head on the final day of the season and, as such, Saturday's game against Bath has extra importance.
Young has made three changes to his team, with one coming amongst the backs and the other two up front.
An injured Ryan Davis misses the opportunity to face his former club and is replaced by Dom Waldouck at inside centre.
In the pack, Joe Launchbury moves from the back-row to lock, with Sam Jones shifting to number six and Billy Vunipola taking over at number eight.
"It's obviously a massive game tomorrow and the boys are well aware of what's at stake," said Young.
"We've got to be much more accurate than we have been and get off to a strong start. We're up against a side full of quality so we're in no doubt as to the challenge that we're going to face."
Ton up for Hooper
Bath skipper Stuart Hooper will make his 100th appearance for the club as he captains a team that sees four changes to the one defeated against Sale last time out.
In the only change to the back division, youngster Tom Heathcote is replaced at fly-half by World Cup-winner Stephen Donald.
It's almost all change in the front row with prop Nathan Catt the only survivor from last week's game - he is joined up front by David Wilson and Lee Mears.
Meanwhile, Ben Skirving switches from flanker to lock at the expense of Dave Attwood, with Josh Ovens taking over the number six shirt.
Bath:15 Nick Abendanon, 14 Matt Carraro, 13 Matt Banahan, 12 Olly Barkley, 11 Tom Biggs, 10 Stephen Donald, 9 Michael Claassens, 8 Simon Taylor, 7 Carl Fearns, 6 Josh Ovens, 5 Ben Skirving, 4 Stuart Hooper (c), 3 David Wilson, 2 Lee Mears, 1 Nathan Catt
Replacements: 16 Pieter Dixon, 17 David Flatman, 18 Duncan Bell, 19 Dave Attwood, 20 Guy Mercer, 21 Mark McMillan, 22 Sam Vesty, 23 Kyle Eastmond
Wasps: 15 Jack Wallace, 14 Christian Wade, 13 Elliot Daly, 12 Dominic Waldouck, 11 Tom Varndell, 10 Nick Robinson, 9 Charlie Davies, 8 Billy Vunipola, 7 Jonathan Poff, 6 Sam Jones, 5 Richard Birkett (c), 4 Joe Launchbury, 3 Ben Broster, 2 Tom Lindsay, 1 Tim Payne
Replacements: 16 Vladislav Korshunov, 17 Zac Taulafo, 18 Simon McIntyre, 19 Ross Filipo, 20 Tinus Du Plessis, 21 Nic Berry, 22 Chris Mayor, 23 Lee Robinson