Premiership team news: Exeter Chiefs v Wasps
Last Updated: 21/05/16 4:39pm
Exeter Chiefs host Wasps at Sandy Park in Saturday's second Premiership semi-final (kick-off 3.15pm) looking to reach their first domestic final.
The teams have met three times already this season, Exeter winning both encounters in the Premiership while Wasps knocked the Chiefs out of the Champions Cup.
Exeter's last Premiership outing was a 10-try destruction of Harlequins, yet Rob Baxter has chosen to make changes to the side that ran riot in south west London.
Ben Moon and Luke Cowan-Dickie come into the front row, Geoff Parling replaces the injured Damian Welch and Don Armand returns to fitness and is preferred at No 8 to Thomas Waldrom.
Out wide Olly Woodburn is given the nod over James Short and Ian Whitten starts in the centres partnering Henry Slade.
Dai Young welcomes back Jake Cooper-Woolley into Wasps' front row and fields a familiar back line that includes their pacy back three of Charles Piutau, Frank Halai and Christian Wade.
Will Rowlands provides back-up for the second row and Sam Jones is again a back row replacement due to Thomas Young missing out through hamstring and shoulder injuries sustained in Round 22.
Exeter's home record is a strong one, having lost just once at Sandy Park since January 2015, while Wasps have not won there on seven previous visits.
Both sides are limited when it comes to recent Premiership play-off experience. Wasps are through to the knockout stage for the first time since 2008 and Exeter are heading into uncharted territory having never reached this point.
Exeter Chiefs: 15 Phil Dollman, 14 Jack Nowell, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Ian Whitten, 11 Olly Woodburn, 10 Gareth Steenson (c), 9 Will Chudley; 1 Ben Moon, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 3 Harry Williams, 4 Mitch Lees, 5 Geoff Parling, 6 Dave Ewers, 7 Julian Salvi, 8 Don Armand
Replacements: 16 Jack Yeandle, 17 Alec Hepburn, 18 Tomas Francis, 19 Ollie Atkins, 20 Thomas Waldrom 21 Dave Lewis, 22 Sam Hill, 23 James Short
Wasps: 15 Charles Piutau, 14 Christian Wade, 13 Elliot Daly, 12 Siale Piutau, 11 Frank Halai, 10 Jimmy Gopperth, 9 Dan Robson; 1 Matt Mullan, 2 Carlo Festuccia, 3 Jake Cooper-Woolley, 4 Joe Launchbury, 5 Bradley Davies, 6 James Haskell (c), 7 George Smith, 8 Nathan Hughes
Replacements: 16 Ashley Johnson, 17 Simon McIntyre, 18 Lorenzo Cittadini, 19 Will Rowlands, 20 Sam Jones, 21 Joe Simpson, 22 Ruaridh Jackson, 23 Rob Miller