By Cherry Picker
November 6 2015
Billy Burns and Greg Laidlaw are reunited behind the scrum in the Glaws side which travels to Wasps on Sunday ..
Life is returning to normal after the World Cup - specially for Sam Burgess - and the domestic competition should really start to take off now.
Laidlaw, of course, is one of those nominated for World Player of the Year and we will be hoping for a celebratory reaction at the Ricoh against an underperforming Wasps.
They've won once so far bnut that was a 16-9 victory at home to Bath. As a result they're in eighth just three places behind a Glaws side which would have been higher if it had taken some clear cut chances. It's to be hoped Laidlwaw can put a bit more shape into the back line.
Up front Elliott Stooke will be with Tom Savage in the second row allowing Kalamafoni to return to the back row.
Gloucester: Charlie Sharples; David Halaifonua, Billy Twelvetrees (capt), James Hook, Jonny May; Billy Burns, Greig Laidlaw; Paddy McAllister, Richard Hibbard, John Afoa; Tom Savage, Elliott Stooke; Sione Kalamafoni, Matt Kvesic, Ben Morgan
Reps: Chris Brooker, Yann Thomas, Paul Doran-Jones, Ross Moriarty, Jacob Rowan, Willi Heinz, Henry Purdy, Rob Cook
Wasps are also getting players back from World Cup including new signing Charles Piutau, who was with the All Blacks, and he makes his first start alongside former Auckland Blues’ team-mate Frank Halai. Ruaridh Jackson makes his first start of the season at fly half alonsgide Joe Simpson.
Wasps: Charles Piutau; Frank Halai, Elliot Daly,. Ben Jacobs , Christian Wade; Ruaridh Jackson, Joe Simpson; Simon McIntyre, Carlo Festuccia, Lorenzo Cittadini; Joe Launchbury, Bradley Davies; James Haskell, George Smith, Nathan Hughes.
Reps: Ashley Johnson, Tom Bristow, Jake Cooper-Woolley, James Gaskell, Guy Thompson, Dan Robson, Alex Lozowski, Sailosi Tagicakibau.
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