Wasps v Exeter: Teams

David Lemi, Zak Taulafo, Simon Shaw and Andy Powell will return to bolster the Wasps squad for the visit of Exeter.

The quartet have all been involved in the autumn internationals but they make timely returns, especially as Tom Rees, Tim Payne and Richard Haughton all missing.

Lemi, Shaw and Powell will all start while Taulafo has been named on the bench.

Wasps also hand a first start to Shaun Ruwers, while he is joined by hooker Tom Lindsay in the front row.

Meanwhile fly-half Dave Walder will make the 150th Premiership appearance of his career.

Exeter coach Rob Baxter has kept faith in the same line-up from the 24-19 victory over Sale for the trip to Adams Park.

That means leading try-scorer Mark Foster starts on the bench, with James Phillips and Gareth Steenson still missing through injury.

And although the Chiefs have won their last three Premiership games, Baxter insists his players are remaining focused.

"Things are going well," said Baxter.

"I like to think the players are confident right now, but we are also aware they have been through some very tough fixtures recently.

"The guys have not been walking off the pitch shouting and hollering about how easy the games were. Instead they've talked about how hard they have had to work to get the points. For me that is fantastic because it kind of keeps us grounded."

Wasps: 15 Mark Van Gisbergen, 14 Tom Varndell, 13 Ben Jacobs (capt), 12 Steve Kefu, 11 David Lemi, 10 Dave Walder, 9 Joe Simpson, 8 Andy Powell, 7 Serge Betsen, 6 Joe Worsley, 5 James Cannon, 4 Simon Shaw 3 Ben Broster, 2 Tom Lindsay, 1 Shaun Ruwers.
Replacements: 16 Joe Ward, 17 Zak Taulafo, 18 Jason Hobson, 19 Marty Veale, 20 Dan Ward-Smith, 21 Nic Berry, 22 Seb Jewell, 23 Elliot Daly.

Exeter: 15 Luke Arscott, 14 Andrew Higgins, 13 Phil Dollman, 12 Jason Shoemark, 11 Nic Sestaret, 10 Ryan Davis, 9 Haydn Thomas, 8 Richard Baxter, 7 James Scaysbrook, 6 Tom Johnson, 5 James Hanks, 4 Tom Hayes (capt), 3 Chris Budgen, 2 Simon Alcott, 1 Brett Sturgess.
Replacements: 16 Chris Whitehead, 17 Ben Moon, 18 Hoani Tui, 19 Dave Gannon, 20 Chad Slade, 21 Garrick Cowley, 22 Ignacio Mieres, 23 Mark Foster.