Paul Burke has recovered from a knee injury, which has forced him to miss the last six matches, and he starts at fly half in place of David Slemen. With Viliame Satala on international duty with Fiji this weekend, Rob Jewell partners Nick Greenstock in the centre.

In the pack, Tani Fuga starts at hooker in place of Keith Wood. Wood, who made his comeback after a serious neck injury last weekend against Saracens, has suffered a slight soreness to the injury following the game and is to continue with some additional rehabilitation work before returning to action in the next few weeks.

The replacements bench will be announced on the morning of the game, while Andre Vos takes over the captaincy.

"Last Sunday's first half performance was very disappointing, and although we came back into the game you can't afford to give any Premiership team a 23 point start," said Mark Evans, NEC Harlequins Chief Executive.

"London Wasps are a very good team, who are well organised and will offer us a very hard test on Sunday. They have a strong squad and we know that we will face a real battle at the Stoop."

The full team is as follows:

15. Nathan Williams
14. Matt Moore
13. Rob Jewell
12. Nick Greenstock
11. Ben Gollings
10. Paul Burke
9. Nick Duncombe
1. Bruce Starr
2. Tani Fuga
3. Laurent Gomez
4. Bill Davison
5. Alex Codling
6. Ace Tiatia
7. Andre Vos (Capt.)
8. Tony Diprose

Replacements: TBC