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Wasps team to play Stade Rochelais
15. Willie Le Roux
14. Christian Wade
13. Juan De Jongh
12. Jimmy Gopperth
11. Elliot Daly
10. Danny Cipriani
9. Dan Robson
1. Simon McIntyre
2. Ashley Johnson
3. Jake Cooper-Woolley
4. Joe Launchbury ©
5. James Gaskell
6. James Haskell
7. Thomas Young
8. Nizaam Carr

Replacements
16. Tom Cruse
17. Ben Harris
18. Marty Moore
19. Kearnan Myall
20. Jack Willis
21. Joe Simpson
22. Kyle Eastmond
23. Gaby Lovobalavu

Daly on the wing again. It’s starting to have the smell of permanence - I’m assuming at least Bassett and Watson are available.

If Wasps get anything from this it’ll be a bonus.

I tell ye, Wasps'll come away with nowt!!

No Bassett two matches running, starting to sound like the transfer rumours are true sadly.

Beasties wrote:No Bassett two matches running, starting to sound like the transfer rumours are true sadly.

Saints must’ve wafted a load of £50 notes under his nose. Even then it doesn’t make much sense career wise.

I'm maybe reading too much into it but he's uber unlucky not to be picked considering the form he's been in irrespective of how well Daly's playing. Also having both Eastmond and Lovobalavu on the bench seems like centre overload, 5 by my reckoning.

Edit: duh it seems Bassett's down as injured (although he wasn't last week). As you were.

Mellsblue wrote:Daly on the wing again. It’s starting to have the smell of permanence - I’m assuming at least Bassett and Watson are available.

If Wasps get anything from this it’ll be a bonus.

Daly retaining his place at 11 makes me very happy.

Puja

Mellsblue wrote:

Beasties wrote:No Bassett two matches running, starting to sound like the transfer rumours are true sadly.

Saints must’ve wafted a load of £50 notes under his nose. Even then it doesn’t make much sense career wise.

Takes All sorts

Banquo wrote:

Mellsblue wrote:

Beasties wrote:No Bassett two matches running, starting to sound like the transfer rumours are true sadly.

Saints must’ve wafted a load of £50 notes under his nose. Even then it doesn’t make much sense career wise.

Takes All sorts

Must’ve been a sweet offer or Saints hounded him till he gave in.

Bassett is broken. Robson, WLR and Simpson can cover wing. Cips, Gopps and Daly can all cover fullback.

No idea what's with Watson though. New signings to Wasps often seem to have a first season focused on conditioning though.

Le XV de départ
1. Dany PRISO 2. Pierre BOURGARIT 3. Uini ATONIO

4. Jason EATON (cap) 5. Thomas JOLMES

6. Zeno KIEFT 7. Levani BOTIA

8. Victor VITO

9. Alexi BALES 10. Brock JAMES

11. Vincent RATTEZ 12. Pierre AGUILLON 13. Geoffrey DOUMAYROU 14. Jérémy SINZELLE

15. Kini MURIMURIVALU

Les remplaçants
16. Jérémie MAUROUARD 17. Hikairo FORBES, 18. Mohamed BOUGHANMI, 19. Romain SAZY, 20. Kevin GOURDON, 21. Jean-Victor GOILLOT, 22. Ryan LAMB, 23. Rene RANGER

Banquo wrote:

Mellsblue wrote:

Beasties wrote:No Bassett two matches running, starting to sound like the transfer rumours are true sadly.

Saints must’ve wafted a load of £50 notes under his nose. Even then it doesn’t make much sense career wise.

Takes All sorts

Well played, sir.

Lovabolovu also plays wing

So now JCW out due to lower back strain, Eastmond and WLR out due to illness (something in camp?), Watson on the bench, Miller to start at 15, Will Stuart in the 18 shirt (PDJ is injured, this would be his 1st XV debut).

Raggs wrote:So now JCW out due to lower back strain, Eastmond and WLR out due to illness (something in camp?), Watson on the bench, Miller to start at 15, Will Stuart in the 18 shirt (PDJ is injured, this would be his 1st XV debut).

Frankly Miller over WLR seems like an upgrade.

Puja

Perhaps, WLR does some stupid shit here and there, but he does a lot of good too.

Raggs wrote:Perhaps, WLR does some stupid shit here and there, but he does a lot of good too.

I don't get the WLR antipathy; sure he's not the brilliant player of a couple of years ago but remains quality.

Just pulled out apparently.

Bloody hell. How fast is that loose head.

Cipriani horror show.

This is very entertaining indeed.

just turned over from snow-quins mess. Is defence optional?

ridiculous TMO intervention. Game looks a bit mad sometimes

What the actual fuck is Lacey on?

So, does a team now not have advantage after advancing from just outside their 22 to 5 yards short of the oppo try line?!?!?

Mellsblue wrote:So, does a team now not have advantage after advancing from just outside their 22 to 5 yards short of the oppo try line?!?!?

its possible there was a penalty offence against La Rochelle in the Wasps 22, but even so, you' think the advantage from the marginal penalty would have expired