Wasps V Leicester Tigers 1:45PM (BT Sport)

[Tigersman]

Wasps’ Team to play Leicester Tigers
15. Rob Miller
14. Christian Wade
13. Charles Piutau
12. Siale Piutau
11. Frank Halai
10. Jimmy Gopperth
9. Dan Robson
1. Simon McIntyre
2. Ashley Johnson
3. Jake Cooper-Woolley
4. James Cannon
5. Kearnan Myall
6. Thomas Young
7. George Smith ©
8. Sam Jones

Replacements
16. Edd Shervington
17. Matt Mullan
18. Phil Swainston
19. Will Rowlands
20. Nathan Hughes
21. Jamie Stevenson
22. Alex Lozowski
23. Brendan Macken

Leicester Tigers (v Wasps, away, Saturday 1.45pm)
15 Mathew Tait
14 Adam Thompstone
13 Peter Betham
12 Matt Smith
11 Vereniki Goneva
10 Freddie Burns
9 Jono Kitto
1 Marcos Ayerza
2 Harry Thacker
3 Logovi'i Mulipola
4 Mike Fitzgerald
5 Dom Barrow
6 Tom Croft
7 Lachlan McCaffrey
8 Ed Slater (c)

Replacements
16 Michael van Vuuren
17 Ellis Genge
18 Fraser Balmain
19 Graham Kitchener
20 Mike Williams
21 George Tresidder
22 Owen Williams
23 Telusa Veainu

[fivepointer]

Hughes on the bench is an interesting call. Jones is an excellent young player, though.

Pleased to see Genge get an early involvement. Is Slater's move full time, or just to cover for injuries?

Perfect warm up for the big one later.

[Banquo]

Puzzled as to why Veainu is still benched.

Lozowski sure has had a wasted season by the by.

Wonder if EJ is interested in Croft if he can stay fit.

[Mellsblue]

Lozowski sure has had a wasted season by the by.

At least he'll get some game time this week, hopefully. I wonder if he's being playing at a champ or ND1 club when he's not been on the bench? I believe there is an ND1 club Wasps promised to cooperate with not a million miles down the road.

[Banquo]

Lozowski sure has had a wasted season by the by.

At least he'll get some game time this week, hopefully. I wonder if he's being playing at a champ or ND1 club when he's not been on the bench? I believe there is an ND1 club Wasps promised to cooperate with not a million miles down the road.

in fairness he's been crocked. But he would have been better off elsewhere this season imo.

[Peej]

He was injured a couple of times when he would otherwise have been in the squad. But I think he's been hoisted by his own petard to some extent by announcing early (much earlier than the public announcement) that he would be leaving. Once that was clear, Wasps lost all impetus to include him in squads and develop him - the risk averse option was going with the tried and trusted old pros over Loz's potential.

[Banquo]

He was injured a couple of times when he would otherwise have been in the squad. But I think he's been hoisted by his own petard to some extent by announcing early (much earlier than the public announcement) that he would be leaving. Once that was clear, Wasps lost all impetus to include him in squads and develop him - the risk averse option was going with the tried and trusted old pros over Loz's potential.

..as I said, he'd have been better off moving pre-season, rather than announcing mid-season.

[Spiffy]

Puzzled as to why Veainu is still benched.

Lozowski sure has had a wasted season by the by.

Wonder if EJ is interested in Croft if he can stay fit.

Last week Croft looked as though he could still do a useful job for England. Athletic, plenty of speed and a great lineout option. He looks much more effective playing a bit tighter, closer to the breakdown, than swanning about out wide.

[Beasties]

Leics pack looks a bit handy, I'll be well chuffed if Wasps win this one.

[Mikey Brown]

Puzzled as to why Veainu is still benched.

Lozowski sure has had a wasted season by the by.

Wonder if EJ is interested in Croft if he can stay fit.

Last week Croft looked as though he could still do a useful job for England. Athletic, plenty of speed and a great lineout option. He looks much more effective playing a bit tighter, closer to the breakdown, than swanning about out wide.

Are you trying to score brownie points with Banquo for some reason? Try talking about how defending at centre is actually quite difficult and that being able to run/carry and pass shouldn't be mutually exclusive.

[Tigersman]

can't wait for Piutau to go off to Ulster

[Mellsblue]

can't wait for Piutau to go off to Ulster

You can now 100% guarantee that you will have Ulster in your Champions Cup pool next season.

[I R Geech]

I refuse to believe that Dai will spend money on Beale rather than empty the bank to buy both Piatau's out of their contracts.

[Peej]

By all accounts Siale wants to come back after his next season in Japan. If he does, that may entice Charles back after his contract with Ulster

[Mikey Brown]

Where's the other Piutau off to? I'd never even heard of him until I saw him turn out for Wasps.

Ah. Japan then.

[p/d]

Brilliant game. Wasps are just such a joy to watch.

Great win for Wuss as well. Hopefully Sarries will do the business tonight

[Oakboy]

Williams is some thug!

[Beasties]

Seemed to be more that two Piutaus on the pitch surely!!

[WaspInWales]

Fantastic start to the day's rugby.

[Mellsblue]

Seemed to be more that two Piutaus on the pitch surely!!

Mrs Tuilagi may have competition for the title of world's best rugby academy.

[fivepointer]

Wasps were again quite excellent. So much to enjoy in their play at the moment.

In all the try scoring excitement, the contest that most caught my eye was JC-W v Ayerza, who were having a terrific ding dong.

[Beasties]

Wasps were again quite excellent. So much to enjoy in their play at the moment.

In all the try scoring excitement, the contest that most caught my eye was JC-W v Ayerza, who were having a terrific ding dong.

The scrum contest was indeed fascinating, Mulipola's a very good TH alongside Ayerza. Just goes to show how far Wasps have come as a team when you think back at their scrummaging say four years ago.

[Banquo]

Wasps should do whatever its takes to keep at least one Piutau- sacrifice Beale for me! Wasps are great to watch when they have a bit of space

Jones is really good player, who needs a regular club spot.

[Tigersman]

Wasps were again quite excellent. So much to enjoy in their play at the moment.

In all the try scoring excitement, the contest that most caught my eye was JC-W v Ayerza, who were having a terrific ding dong.

The scrum contest was indeed fascinating, Mulipola's a very good TH alongside Ayerza. Just goes to show how far Wasps have come as a team when you think back at their scrummaging say four years ago.

Think if Youngs was starting and not Thacker Wasps would of struggled a fair bit TBH.

[Beasties]

Wasps should do whatever its takes to keep at least one Piutau- sacrifice Beale for me! Wasps are great to watch when they have a bit of space

Jones is really good player, who needs a regular club spot.

Completely agree. When he was interviewed after there was not a flicker of doubt in his eyes when the move to Ulster was mentioned though sadly. I'm not even sure I'd take Ben Smith or Folau over him the way he's been playing.