Glen Delaney has promised London Irish will get back to basics in their bid to avoid relegation from the Aviva Premiership.
Irish had won five of their previous six games in all competitions going into Saturday?s 40-16 defeat at Bath.
And forwards coach Delaney said: ?We did not put our best effort on the park, but what we?ve been doing since the end of December has been working for us. We have to put on the park what we have been doing in the last seven weeks.
?Wasps possess dangerous weapons in Joe Simpson, Tom Varndell and Christian Wades. They also have Billy Vunipola and Ashley Johnson to carry in the pack.
?You don?t get in the top four without being a good team. But we have fancied ourselves against the top sides and we can raise our game.?
Delaney, formerly director of rugby at Nottingham, believes there are players in the Championship that Irish should consider for next season. Exiles have been linked with Rotherham centres Fergus Mulchrone and Eamonn Sheridan.
And Delaney said: ?I would not be surprised if those two made it into Premiership clubs.
?I tried to sign Fergus Mulchrone at Nottingham two years ago when he was coming out of Sale. He looked a decent prospect back then.
?There are a lot of very good Championship players out there.
?Jon Fisher has done incredibly well. He was released by London Irish and became battle-hardened at Bedford before rejoining the club.
?There are a lot of guys in the England team who took the Championship route.
?You get players from a very tough competition, who are desperate. Economically they tend to play well above their rate.?
Irish have included Chris Hala?ufia and Ofisa Treviranus in their side to face Wasps.
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
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