All the team news for Sunday's Aviva Premiership fixtures
Thursday 28 April 2016 15:42, UK
All the team news for Sunday's Aviva Premiership fixtures, including Exeter v Bath and Wasps v Harlequins.
Exeter v Bath (1pm)
Exeter welcome back flanker Dave Ewers, who makes his first appearance since suffering an injury last November. Elsewhere, Don Armand wears the No 7 shirt instead of Julian Salvi, who has a knock from last weekend's game, while prop Harry Williams is handed a full Premiership debut, with hooker Luke Cowan-Dickie and scrum-half Dave Lewis also featuring.
Lock Stuart Hooper returns to captain Bath as one of five changes from the side beaten at home by Wasps last time out. Head coach Mike Ford also calls up centre Kyle Eastmond, fly-half prospect Adam Hastings, hooker Ross Batty and prop Henry Thomas.
Exeter Chiefs: 15 Phil Dollman; 14 Olly Woodburn, 13 Ian Whitten, 12 Sam Hill, 11 James Short; 10 Gareth Steenson, 9 Dave Lewis; 1 Ben Moon, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3 Harry Williams, 4 Jonny Hill, 5 Geoff Parling, 6 Dave Ewers, 7 Don Armand, 8 Thomas Waldrom
Replacements: 16 Jack Yeandle, 17 Alec Hepburn,18 Alex Brown, 19 Ollie Atkins, 20 Kai Horstmann, 21 Will Chudley, 22 Will Hooley, 23 Max Bodilly
Bath: 15 Tom Homer; 14 Semesa Rokoduguni, 13 Matt Banahan, 12 Kyle Eastmond, 11 Horacio Agulla; 10 Adam Hastings, 9 Chris Cook; 1 Max Lahiff, 2 Ross Batty, 3 Henry Thomas, 4 Stuart Hooper, 4 Dominic Day, 6 Leroy Houston, 7 Francois Louw, 8 Amanaki Mafi
Replacements: 16 Tom Dunn, 17 Nick Auterac, 18 David Wilson, 19 Charlie Ewels, 20 Matt Garvey, 21Guy Mercer, 22 Jonathan Evans, 23 Max Clark
Leicester v London Irish (3pm)
Former South Africa Test captain Jean de Villiers makes his home debut for the Tigers, teaming up with England international Manu Tuilagi in midfield. Wing Adam Thompstone returns to action, and scrum-half Jono Kitto is handed a first Leicester start. Up front hooker Tom Youngs, lock Dom Barrow and back-row forward Lachlan McCaffrey all feature.
Scotland internationals Sean Maitland and Blair Cowan return after injury for bottom club Irish as their two changes following last Sunday's defeat against Exeter. Maitland lines up at full-back, while Cowan moves into a back-row that sees Rob McCusker absent through injury.
Leicester: 15 Mathew Tait, 14 Adam Thompstone, 13 Manusamoa Tuilagi, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Telusa Veainu, 10 Freddie Burns, 9 Jono Kitto, 1 Marcos Ayerza, 2 Tom Youngs, 3 Fraser Balmain, 4 Mike Fitzgerald, 5 Dom Barrow, 6 Tom Croft, 7 Lachlan McCaffrey, 8 Ed Slater (c)
Replacements: 16 Harry Thacker, 17 Riccardo Brugnara, 18 Logovi'i Mulipola, 19 Mike Williams, 20 Laurence Pearce, 21 Sam Harrison, 22 Tommy Bell, 23 Matt Smith
London Irish: 15 Sean Maitland, 14 Topsy Ojo, 13 Ciaran Hearn, 12 Fergus Mulchrone, 11 Andrew Fenby, 10 Theo Brophy Clews, 9 Scott Steele, 1 Tom Smallbone, 2 David Paice, 3 Halani Aulika, 4 Matt Symons, 5 Elliott Stooke, 6 Luke Narraway (c), 7 Blair Cowan, 8 Ofisa Treviranus
Replacements: 16 Tom Cruse, 17 Tom Court, 18 Leo Halavatau, 19 Will Lloyd, 20 Joe Trayfoot, 21 Darren Allinson, 22 Shane Geraghty, 23 Johnny Williams
Wasps v Harlequins (3.15pm)
Prop Matt Mullan returns from injury to captain Wasps, while other changes see starts for hooker Carlo Festuccia, lock James Cannon, fly-half Jimmy Gopperth and full-back Rob Miller. Charles Piutau, meanwhile, moves to outside centre instead of Elliot Daly, who is on England Six Nations duty.
Harlequins show four changes after their win against Leicester last time out, with academy prospect James Chisholm being joined in the back-row by Luke Wallace and Mat Luamanu. Hooker Rob Buchanan and lock George Merrick are also called up, with one switch behind the scrum seeing Charlie Walker starting instead of wing Tim Visser, who plays for Scotland this weekend.
Wasps: 15 Rob Miller,14 Christian Wade, 13 Charles Piutau, 12 Siale Piutau, 11 Frank Halai, 10 Jimmy Gopperth, 9 Dan Robson, 1 Matt Mullan (c), 2 Carlo Festuccia, 3 Jake Cooper-Woolley, 4 James Cannon, 5 Kearnan Myall, 6 Thomas Young, 7 George Smith, 8 Nathan Hughes
Replacements: 16 Ashley Johnson, 17 Tom Bristow, 18 Phil Swainston, 19 Will Rowlands, 20 Alex Rieder, 21 Jamie Stevenson, 22 Ruaridh Jackson, 23 Brendan Macken
Harlequins: 15 Ross Chisholm, 14 Marland Yarde, 13 Winston Stanley, 12 Harry Sloan, 11 Charlie Walker, 10 Ben Botica, 9 Tito Tebaldi, 1 Mark Lambert, 2 Rob Buchanan, 3 Adam Jones, 4 George Merrick, 5 James Horwill (c),6 James Chisholm, 7 Luke Wallace, 8 Mat Luamanu
Replacements: 16. Dave Ward, 17.Owen Evans, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 Charlie Matthews, 20 Beau Robinson, 21 Sam Egerton, 22 Tim Swiel, 23 Matt Hopper