Recent signing Geo Cronje will be travelling with the team but must continue to wait to make his Quins debut, having recovered from a knee injury.

"As satisfying as the result and performance was against Saracens last week, it will count for nothing if we do not build on it," said Evans. "We are still at the wrong end of the Premiership table but victories in our next two games against Sale and Leeds Tykes (28th November) will give us a good chance of climbing the ladder further when the league campaign resumes at the end of December and into the New Year."

"Sale have an excellent record at Edgeley Park and we are expecting another tough game. However, if we continue to improve on our recent form then we can be confident of coming away with a positive result."

The full team is as follows:

15. Tom Williams
14. George Harder
13. Dafydd James
12. Mel Deane
11. Simon Keogh
10. Jeremy Staunton
9. Steve So'oialo
1. Mike Worsley
2. Tani Fuga
3. Ceri Jones
4. Roy Winters
5. Simon Miall
6. Nick Easter
7. Andre Vos (Capt.)
8. Tony Diprose

Replacements:
16. James Hayter
17. Jon Dawson
18. Simon Maling
19. Luke Sherriff
20. Andy Dunne
21. Ugo Monye
22. Gavin Duffy