Date: Fri 22 Feb 2013

London Irish have included Chris Hala’ufia and Ofisa Treviranus in their side to face London Wasps in the Aviva Premiership at Madejski Stadium on Sunday (kick-off 12.05pm).

Treviranus comes in at openside flanker for Jebb Sinclair who is rested. Hala’ufia has recovered from the flu, which kept him out of last weekend’s match, to be named at number 8. Sailosi Tagicakibau has recovered from a knee injury and is named as a replacement. Bryn Evans will captain the side.

London Irish Director of Rugby Brian Smith said: “Wasps are a formidable team riding high in the Aviva Premiership so they’ll give us a very tough test on Sunday. In saying that we do pretty well against the top four teams at home and our boys are itching to put in a big performance for our supporters on Sunday.”

London Irish team to face London Wasps:

15. Tom Homer; 14. Topsy Ojo*; 13. Guy Armitage; 12. Shane Geraghty*; 11. Marland Yarde; 10. Ian Humphreys; 9. Pat Phibbs; 1. Max Lahiff; 2. Scott Lawson*; 3. Halani Aulika*; 4. George Skivington; 5. Bryn Evans* (Captain); 6. Matt Garvey; 7. Ofisa Treviranus*; 8. Chris Hala’ufia*

Replacements: 16. Davy McGregor; 17. Jerry Yanuyanutawa*; 18.Leo Halavatau; 19. Kieran Low; 20. Jamie Gibson; 21. Jon Fisher; 22. Sailosi Tagicakibau*; 23. Jack Moates

*Denotes Internationals