Wasps v Bristol Bears LIVE: Team news as Jack Willis starts

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Wasps v Bristol Bears LIVE: Team news as Jack Willis starts

Wasps will start with the young all-English back row of Willis brothers Jack and Tom along with Alfie Barbeary at number eight against Bristol Bears. Brad Shields' thumb fracture against Gloucester means Wasps start the flankers and number 8 that finished that opening round loss at Kingsholm. Matteo Minozzi's hamstring injury will keep him out for at least six weeks so Ali Crossdale replaces him at full-back. Will Porter starts at scrum-half with Dan Robson rotated to the bench.

Jack Willis starts for Wasps against Bristol Bears. Charles Piutau, Luke Morahan, Piers O'Conor, Sam Bedlow, Jack Bates, Callum Sheedy, Harry Randall, Jake Woolmore, Will Capon, Kyle Sinckler, Joe Joyce, Chris Vui, J.V. Jeffries, Jake Heenan, Magnus Bradbury, Bryan Byrne, Yann Thomas, Max Lahiff, Ed Holmes, Andy Uren, AJ MacGinty, Rich Lane.

Ali Crossdale and Jack Willis come in for the injured Matteo Minozzi and Brad Shields. Will Haydon-Wood is set for his Wasps debut. Paolo Odogwu, Gabriel Oghre, Francois Hougaard or Jacob Umaga are left out.

Ali Crossdale and Jack Willis come in for the injured Matteo Minozzi and Brad Shields. Will Porter starts ahead of Dan Robson. Tom West, Nizaam Carr and Tim Cardall come onto the bench.

Replacements: 16. Dan Frost, 17. Tom West, 18. Biyi Alo, 19. Tim Cardall, 20. Nizaam Carr, 21. Dan Robson, 22. Ryan Mills, 23. Will Haydon-Wood.

WASPS are 15, with Ali Crossdale, Zach Kibirige, Sam Spink, Burger Odendaal, Josh Bassett, Charlie Atkinson, Will Porter, Kiran McDonald, Tom Willis, Jack Willis and Alfie Barbeary. Robin Hislop, 2, John Ryan, 3, Joe Launchbury (c), 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15.

Jack Willis starts for Wasps. Team news will be available in a little over 5 minutes.

The Twitter account of Action against Wasps has been deactivated. The protest was planned for Saturday during the Bristol game, but has now been cancelled.

Stadium tickets are on sale and available on the day. BT are not screening the game live, but it is available PRTV. You can follow the live play-by-play coverage right here in this live blog.

Team news is coming at 12 pm. Wasps are favourites at 4/6, while Bristol Bears are 11/10.

Bobby Bridge's predicted Wasps team: Crossdale, J.Willis, Oghre, Ryan, Launchbury, McDonald, Willis, W. Willis and Barbeary. Odogwu, Spink, Odendaal, Bassett, Robson, Atkinson, West, Frost, Hislop, Alo, Cardall, Carr, Porter, Mills, Kibirige.

Adam Dickinson's predicted team for Wasps v Bristol Bears. Jack Willis starts. Adam replaced Minozzi & Shields with Crossdale & J.Willis. Gabriel Oghre is back in the starting line-up after being a travelling reserve against Gloucester.

Wasps are playing Bristol Bears. Jack Willis starts. Bobby Bridge and Adam Dickinson will share their predicted Wasps XV shortly.

Pat Lam is the director of rugby/head coach of Bristol Bears. He keeps his fans informed about the players' injury situation.

Matteo Minozzi and Brad Shields will not be available to face Bristol Bears. However, coach Lee Blackett listed players who could be back in the mix for Saturday's game.

Wasps play Bristol Bears. It's been four months since Wasps last played at their home ground. Last week Wasp lost the game against the Bulls.


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