Wasps v Bristol: Teams
Bristol coach Richard Hill has made four changes for Saturday's trip to Wasps.
Last Updated: 22/02/08 1:01pm
Wasps have been forced into six changes for their Guinness Premiership clash with Bristol at Adams Park on Saturday.
International call-ups have weakened the Londoners, who make the majority of their changes in the pack, where Nick Adams, Dan Leo and Lawrence Dallaglio return in the absence of Phil Vickery, Simon Shaw and James Haskell.
Behind the scrum, Simon Amor wins his first competitive start of the season at scrum-half, with Eoin Reddan and Mark McMillan on international duty.
Dave Walder takes the fly-half shirt in place of Danny Cipriani and Mark Van Gisbergen retains his place in the back three. Paul Sackey and Rob Hoadley, both in the frame last weekend, are absent due to international duty and injury respectively.
Bristol coach Richard Hill has made four changes to his starting line-up.
England Sevens star Anthony Elliott comes in for the injured Lee Robinson on the wing, while Ed Barnes will make his Premiership starting debut when he takes over the number ten jersey from Jason Strange.
England Saxons prop Alex Clarke comes in for fellow Saxon Jason Hobson with Darren Crompton reverting to tighthead. And finally, Alfie Tooala replaces Andrew Blowers at number eight, with the latter on the bench.
On the bench, Wales Under-20 star Ryan Prosser replaces hooker Mark Regan who will be on England duty in Paris, while former Irish International Kevin Maggs will be looking for his first taste of Premiership action this season if he gets off the replacements bench.
London Wasps team: 15 Josh Lewsey, 14 Mark van Gisbergen, 13 Fraser Waters, 12 Dominic Waldouck, 11 David Doherty, 10 Dave Walder, 9 Simon Amor, 1 Tim Payne, 2 Joe Ward, 3 Nick Adams, 4 Tom Palmer, 5 Dan Leo, 6 John Hart, 7 Joe Worsley, 8 Lawrence Dallaglio (capt).
Replacements: 16 Raphaël Ibañez, 17 Tom French, 18 Matt Corker, 19 Rob Webber, 20 Mark McMillan, 21 Chris Bishay, 22 Jeremy Staunton.
Bristol team: 15 Luke Arscott, 14 Anthony Elliott, 13 Rob Higgitt, 12 David Hill, 11 David Lemi, 10 Ed Barnes, 9 Brian O'Riordan, 1 Alex Clarke, 2 Scott Linklater, 3 Darren Crompton, 4 Roy Winters, 5 Sean Hohneck, 6 Matt Salter (capt), 7 Joe El Abd, 8 Alfie Tooala
Replacements: 16 Jason Hobson, 17 Ryan Prosser, 18 Gareth Llewellyn, 19 Andrew Blowers, 20 Graeme Beveridge, 21 Kevin Maggs, 22 Josh Taumalolo
