Leeds v Wasps: Teams

Leeds Carnegie will be looking for successive Guinness Premiership wins on Sunday and have made two changes ahead of facing Wasps.

Scrum-half Andy Gomarsall has been ruled out by a leg injury picked up last week in the win at Sale, so Scott Mathie will start his first domestic game after thirteen appearances from the bench.

The other change comes in the forwards with Kearnan Myall swapping places with Calum Clark in the back-row. Joe Bedford is the only other change on the bench from the last two games as he comes in to fill the gap left by Mathie.

Of the task of facing Wasps at the weekend, head coach Neil Back believes that while he respects Tony Hanks' men, he is going into the fixture very confident.

"We won our first game of the season down at Adams Park earlier in the campaign in a hard clash and we know that Wasps are much improved since that game," he said.

"They are a smart team who can threaten you from anywhere on the field. However, we have confidence in our own ability and hope to ask some questions of them also."

Comeback

Dan Leo and Dominic Waldouck will make their returns from injury for the trip to Leeds.

Leo comes straight into the starting XV for George Skivington after recovering from a medial ligament sprain to his left knee sustained against Scarlets, while Waldouck makes his comeback from a shoulder problem off the bench.

The inclusion of Leo is one of four changes to the team that beat Saracens, with Will Matthews replacing England flanker Joe Worsley and Joe Ward coming in for the benched Rob Webber.

In the backs Tom Varndell and David Lemi will team up on the wings as Paul Sackey is ruled out due to illness.

Wasps director of rugby, Tony Hanks said: "We are, of course, pleased to see Dan Leo and Dominic Waldouck back in Wasps colours for the weekend.

"They, along with our medical and conditioning team, have worked hard to get back to fitness and it is another boost to the squad going into this game."

Leeds Carnegie: 15 Leigh Hinton, 14 Henry Fa'afili, 13 Seru Rabeni, 12 Scott Barrow, 11 Lee Blackett, 10 Ceiron Thomas, 9 Scott Mathie, 8 Rhys Oakley, 7 Hendre Fourie, 6 Kearnan Myall, 5 Marco Wentzel (capt), 4 Erik Lund, 3 Juan Gomez, 2 Andy Titterrell, 1 Mike MacDonald.
Replacements: 16 Vili Ma'asi, 17 Gareth Hardy, 18 Phil Swainston, 19 Calum Clark, 20 Alfie To'oala, 21 Joe Bedford, 22 Joe Ford, 23 Richard Welding.

Wasps: 15 Mark Van Gisbergen, 14 Tom Varndell, 13 Ben Jacobs, 12 Steve Kefu, 11 David Lemi, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Warren Fury, 1 Sakaria Taulafo, 2 Joe Ward, 3 Ben Broster, 4 Marty Veale, 5 Dan Leo, 6 Will Matthews, 7 Serge Betsen (c), 8 Dan Ward-Smith
Replacements: 16 Rob Webber, 17 Gabriel Bocca, 18 Bob Baker, 19 Hugo Ellis, 20 Tom Lindsay, 21 James Honeyben, 22 Dave Walder, 23 Dominic Waldouck