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David Paice and Jonathan Joseph return to the London Irish side from the camp for tomorrow’s visit of Gloucester at the Madejski Stadium.
Sailosi Tagicakibau moves from outside centre to inside centre with Joseph taking the No. 13 shirt.
Ian Humphreys continues at fly-half which means Shane Geraghty is once again among the replacements. Darren Allinson is his half-back partner.
In the pack, Matt Garvey moves to the second row with Jamie Gibson coming into the back row and Halani Aulika starts at tighthead prop.
Former Gloucester hooker Scott Lawson could feature from the bench.
For Gloucester, Freddie Burns returns after his exploits with England last weekend however he will start at inside centre as Nigel Davies names Tim Taylor at ten.
Martyn Thomas returns to his usual full-back berth after a run out on the wing at last weekend, Shane Monahan takes over at left wing and Dan Robson replaces Jimmy Cowan at -half.
There is a new look, but experienced front row, in Nick Wood, Huia Edmonds and Shaun Knight while Tom Savage partners Jim Hamilton in the second row.
Sione Kalamafoni moves back to the flank after appearing at No. 8 last weekend, with Matt Cox and Gareth Evans completing the back row.
Ben Morgan also returns from England and starts on the bench.
London Irish: Homer;  Ojo, Joseph, Tagicakibau, Watson; Humphreys, Allinson; Lahiff, Paice, Aulika; Evans, Garvey; Danaher (capt.), Gibson, Treviranus.
Replacements:  Lawson, Yanuyanutawa, Halavatau, Low, Hala’ufia, Armitage, Geraghty, Moates.
Gloucester: Thomas;  Sharples, Molenaar, Burns, Monahan; Taylor, Robson; Wood, Edmonds, Knight; Savage, Hamilton (capt.), Kalamafoni, Cox, Evans.
Replacements: Dawidiuk, Murphy, Harden, James, Morgan, Lewis, Tindall, Cook.
Bayonne v
Ex- international Cedric Heymans starts on the wing for Bayonne when they welcome Wasps to the Stade Jean Dauger tomorrow night.
Joe Rokocoko starts at outside centre alongside Sam Gerber with Jacques-Louis Potgieter pulling the strings at ten.
In the pack, Australian Mark Chisholm plays at blindside.
Wasps have named a familiar back three, captain Hugo Southwell starts at 15 alongside Christian Wade and Tom Varndell on the wings.
Having returned from international duty last week, Andrea Masi starts in the centres alongside Chris Bell
Nick Robinson starts again in the accustomed fly-half role, with Charlie Davies getting a chance to impress in the No. 9 shirt.
The front row is made up of Zak Taulafo at loosehead and Phil Swainston at tighthead, with Tom Lindsay starting at hooker.
James Cannon and Marco Wentzel make up the second row pairing, while James Haskell and Ashley Johnson are at openside and No. 8 respectively, with Sam Jones earning his start at blindside.
Bayonne: Spedding ; O’Connor, Rokocoko, Gerber, Heymans ;  Potgieter, Garcia; Iguiniz, Arganèse, Tialata; Boutaty, Senekal; Chisholm, Haare, Puricelli.
Replacements: Roumieu, Laffond, Boyoud, Marmouyet, Bernad, Rouet, Ahotaeiloa, Mazars.
Wasps: Southwell (capt.), Wade, Masi , Bell, Varndell;  Robinson, Davies;  Taulafo, Lindsay, Swainston; Cannon, Wentzel ; Jones, Haskell, Johnson.
Replacements: Thomas, McIntyre, Taylor,  Launchbury, Poff, Simpson,  Bell, Daly.
Grenoble v Welsh
must win in Grenoble tonight to retain any hope of reaching the quarter- stage of the competition.
But coach Lyn Jones’s team selection makes clear where his priorities lie with mass changes from the side that beat London Irish in the Premiership last weekend.
Full-back Luke Arscott is the only player to keep his place.
The Exiles’ French opponents, like themselves, were only promoted to the top flight last season.
Grenoble: Tuculet; Waqaseduadua, Jaouher, Butonidualevu, Ninard;  Hart, Darbo; David, Campo, tbc; Rey, Farley; Alexandre, Best, Nouhaillaguet.
Replacements: Fabro, Hegarty, Vanderglas, Pollard, Courrent, Gengenbacher, Stewart, Kouider.
London Welsh: Arscott; MacKenzie, Lewis, Jewell, Smith; Davies, Runciman; Bristow, Bateman, Joly; Brown, Corker; Beach, Hills, To’oala.
Replacements: Hafu, Moss, Tideswell, Mills, Denbee, Keyte, Whatling, Scott.
Bath v Calvisano
Bath can book their place in the Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-finals when they host Calvisano at the Recreation Ground tomorrow.
Flanker Guy Mercer captains Bath for the first time, packing down in the back row alongside Josh Ovens and debutant Nick Koster, while lock Ryan Caldwell returns to action after injury.
Bath, though, are without England internationals Matt Banahan and Lee Mears, who are serving three and two-week suspensions, respectively.
Bath: Cuthbert; Eastmond, Agulla, Vesty, Woodburn; Heathcote, McMillan; Beech, Sharman, Wilson, Day, Caldwell; Ovens, Mercer (capt.), Koster.
Replacements: Dunn, Perenise, Palma-Newport, Spencer, Skuse, Cook, Devoto, Williams.
Calvisano: Berne; Canavosio, Vilk, Castello, De Jager; Griffen, Palazzani; Lovotti, Ferraro, Costanzo; Erasmus, Hehea; Brancoli, Scanferla, Vunisa.
Replacements: Gavazzi, Scarsini, Violi, Beccaris, Cicchinelli, Picone, Visentin, Bergamo.
Mogliano v
Newport Gwent Dragons wing Mike Poole has recovered from injury to play his first match for the region in more than a year in the Amlin Cup against Mogliano.
He replaces South African Tonderai Chavhanga, who is rested.
Flanker Andrew Coombs is also back after injury but hooker Steve Jones and lock Adam Jones are out injured.
Both sides have lost their opening two pool matches – against London Wasps and Bayonne – in this season’s competition.
Mogliano: Galon; Benvenuti, Ceccato, Cerioni, Gazzola; Padovani, Endrizzi; Ceccato, Repetto, Ravalle; Bocchi, Pavanello; Barbini, Swanepoel, Candiago (capt.).
Replacements: Gianesini, Naka, Ceneda, Maso, Corbanese, Boni, Guarducci, Lucchese.
Newport Gwent Dragons: Prydie, Harries, Dixon, Tuilagi, Poole; Robling, J. Evans; Williams, Parry, Ryan; Nimmo, Coombs; Groves, L. Evans (capt.), Jones.
Replacements: Gustafson, O.Evans, Buck, Sidoli, Brown, W. Evans, D. Evans, Leach.

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