Wasps v Bath: Teams
Wasps prop Phil Vickery returns from suspension for the visit of Bath to Adams Park.
Last Updated: 28/12/07 12:51pm
Tom French will make his first home start for Wasps when Bath visit Adams Park on Saturday.
The loosehead prop is selected alongside Phil Vickery and Joe Ward as part of an all-new front-row from the side that drew with Bristol last time out.
Vickery returns from a two-week suspension, while Ward has overcome a hamstrinng injury.
Lock George Skirvington also returns to the starting XV in place of Richard Birkett. Dan Leo gets the start at blindside flanker as James Haskell is rested.
There is only one change in the back division - Mark van Gisbergen drops to the bench to accomodate Tom Voyce. Voyce will play on the left-wing with Josh Lewsey moving to full-back.
Dominic Waldouck is among the replacements for the first time since severing a tendon in his hand in September.
James rested
Bath rest fly-half Butch James with his replacement Shaun Berne also taking on the captaincy.
Nick Walshe forms the half-back pairing with James, while Eliota Fuimano-Sapolu is preferred to Olly Barkley at inside centre.
There are six changes to the pack - only prop David Barnes and lock Danny Grewcock retain their place from the side that beat Leeds Carnegie 41-10.
Hooker Pieter Dixon and prop Lorne Ward come into the front-row alongside Barnes, Peter Short locks the scrum with Grewcock, and Peter Short, James Scaysbrook and Jonny Faamatuainu form an all-new back-row.
Wasps: 15 Josh Lewsey, 14 Paul Sackey, 13 Fraser Waters, 12 Riki Flutey, 11 Tom Voyce, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Eoin Reddan; 1 Tom French, 2 Joe Ward, 3 Phil Vickery, 4 Simon Shaw, 5 George Skivington, 6 Dan Leo, 7 Tom Rees, 8 Lawrence Dallaglio (capt)
Replacements: 16 Rob Webber, 17 Tim Payne, 18 Tom Palmer, 19 Richard Birkett, 20 Mark McMillan, 21 Dominic Waldouck, 22 Mark Van Gisbergen
Bath: 15 Nick Abendanon, 14 Joe Maddock, 13 Tom Cheeseman, 12 Eliota Fuimano-Sapolu, 11 Michael Stephenson, 10 Shaun Berne (capt), 9 Nick Walshe; 1 David Barnes, 2 Pieter Dixon, 3 Lorne Ward, 4 Martin Purdy, 5 Danny Grewcock, 6 Peter Short, 7 James Scaysbrook, 8 Jonny Faamatuainu
Replacements: 16 Rob Hawkins, 17 Paulica Ion, 18 Steve Borthwick, 19 Chris Goodman, 20 Zak Feaunati, 21 Mike Baxter, 22 Olly Barkley
