Malakai Fekitoa and Zach Kibirige return for Wasps

Lee Blackett has named his Wasps side to host Harlequins at Ricoh Arena in Gallagher Premiership Round Seven on Sunday.   

Malakai Fekitoa and Zach Kibirige return from injury to take their places at 13 and on the wing respectively.  

After deciding against joining up with Italy for the Guinness Six Nations, Matteo Minozzi is included in the team on the other wing.  

With club-captain Joe Launchbury out injured, Thomas Young is named as captain at openside flanker.  

Will Rowlands starts in the second row alongside James Gaskell, with Rowlands due to join the Welsh preparations for the Six Nations after this weekend.  

Paolo Odogwu, Dan Robson, Jack Willis and Tom West are away with England as they build-up to their Six Nations campaign.  

Wasps team to face Harlequins at Ricoh Arena on Sunday in Premiership Round Seven (kick-off 3:00 pm)  

Wasps (First-team appearances)  

15 Lima Sopoaga (51)  

14 Zach Kibirige (32) 

13 Malakai Fekitoa (23) 

12 Jimmy Gopperth (114) 

11 Matteo Minozzi (22) 

10 Jacob Umaga (35)  

9 Will Porter (25) 

1 Simon McIntyre (177) 

2 Tom Cruse (90)  

3 Jeff Toomaga-Allen (29)  

4 Will Rowlands (98) 

5 James Gaskell (128) 

6 Brad Shields (36) 

7 Thomas Young (128) (c)

8 Tom Willis (28) 

Replacements 

16 Tommy Taylor (77)  

17 Ben Harris (67) 

18 Kieran Brookes (48) 

19 Tim Cardall (24) 

20 Ben Morris (35) 

21 Sam Wolstenholme (14) 

22 Michael Le Bourgeois (43) 

23 Rob Miller (114)