Wasps pack is bolstered by return of No.8 Nathan

WASPS will be desperate for a win over Pool One leaders La Rochelle when they host the French side at the Ricoh Arena tomorrow.

Dai Young’s men sit third in the table and will need to win all three of their final Pool matches to stand a chance of progressing to the quarterfinal stages.

The black-and-golds have been boosted by the news that quartet Nathan Hughes, Kyle Eastmond, Jake Cooper-Woolley and Willie le Roux are fit for the crucial encounter, with no new injury concerns.

But they will face a stern test in La Rochelle who showed that they are capable of scoring from anywhere by touching down six tries on their home turf last week.

Patrice Collazo’s have taken three bonus-points from their three wins in the competition so far, in what is their maiden season in Europe’s top tier. the back row.

Behind the scrum, Le Roux and Eastmond have recovered from illness to wear the No.15 and No.22 shirts respectively.

Irish official George Clancy will be the man-in-the-middle on Sunday, having taken charge of Wasps’ 20-20 draw with Toulouse last October when the French giants were unhappy with his officiating of the scrum. Clancy has dished out one yellow card in his single Champions Cup match this term, and also one sin-bin in two PRO14 outings.

If we can get two scores up early doors we’ll see what they’re made of then. We have to put them under that type of pressure really.

Wasps are 4/6 favourites in the must win clash, while La Rochelle are slight outsiders at 6/5 to extend their good form. The draw is available at 25/1. This translates into a two-point advantage in the handicap market for the black-and-golds. for his national team, for whom he has been capped 13 times. than they did in France, with the lightening speed of Christian Wade one of their biggest threats.