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Team News: Harlequins v Gloucester

Harlequins will play at The Stoop after almost a month of away games, facing Gloucester in their return to Heineken Cup action.

They return having had their 100% record stolen by Saracens in front of 82,000 spectators at Twickenham in the Big Game 4 shortly after Christmas.

The big news in the backs is the return of Nick Evans at fly half in place of Rory Clegg, marking the only change in the back line from the seven that fell to a dominant Northampton Saints at Franklin’s Gardens last weekend.

In the front row, Joe Gray makes the usual rotation with Chris Brooker at hooker and is joined by Mark Lambert and James Johnston at prop.

It’s young for old in the second row as Charlie Matthews replaces George Robson who is still recovering from an injury he picked up last week.

Olly Kohn will play at lock alongside Matthews while in the back row Maurie Fa’asavlu returns from injury at blindside flanker with captain Chris Robshaw at openside and Nick Easter slotting In at no. 8.

Covering the forwards on the bench are Joe Marler, Brooker and Tim Fairbrother while Tomas Vallejos and Luke Wallace sit in for the back five.

Richard Bolt and Clegg will provide the halfback back up while Tom Casson covers the rest of the backline.

Harlequins: Brown, Williams, Hopper, Turner-Hall, Monye, Evans, Care, Lambert, Gray, Johnston, Kohn, Matthew, Fa’asavalu, Robshaw, Easter

Replacements: Brooker, Marler, Fairbrother, Vallejos, Wallace, Bolt, Clegg, Casson