Wasps v GloucesterWasps will make history if they beat Gloucester in tomorrow's all-English European showdown - and finally discard their status as Heineken Cup underachievers.
Lawrence Dallaglio and company have won five major trophies - two league titles, two English knockout cups and last season's Parker Pen Challenge Cup - since the Heineken Cup was launched eight years ago. But the nearest they've come to conquering Europe was in 1998 and 2000, when their Heineken Cup hopes disappeared at the quarter-final stage both times.
Wasps have played 36 games in the competition, losing more than a third of them, and rugby director Warren Gatland concedes it is time they delivered.
"The Heineken Cup is a competition in which Wasps are the first to admit they have not performed that well," said Gatland. "We certainly have not achieved what we've been capable of doing.
"We have let ourselves down in the past, but now we've qualified from the pool stages, we are desperate to progress beyond the quarter-finals. Having home advantage on Sunday is a big plus, and it could make all the difference because there is a lot of history between us and Gloucester.
"We know each other so well," he added. "It is going to be an extremely tough game."
Gatland has retained the side that thumped Zurich Premiership rivals Northampton 31-5 last weekend, while Gloucester boss Nigel Melville makes one change from the victory over Saracens, recalling full back Jon Goodridge.
Wycombe's compact ground will be packed to the rafters for a first English quarter-final clash since Wasps were beaten by Northampton at Franklin's Gardens four years ago.
WASPS: M Van Gisbergen; J Lewsey, F Waters, S Abbott, T Voyce; A King, R Howley; C Dowd, T Leota, W Green, S Shaw, R Birkett, J Worsley, P Volley, L Dallaglio (capt). Replacements: T Payne, M Lock, B Gotting, M Purdy, H Biljon, M Denney, A Erinle,
GLOUCESTER: J Goodridge; M Garvey, T Fanolua, H Paul, J Simpson-Daniel; D McRae, A Gomarsall; T Woodman, C Fortey, P Vickery, A Eustace, A Brown, J Boer (capt), A Hazell, J Paramore. Replacements: D Du Preez, R Roncero, A Deacon, M Cornwell, P Buxton, S Amor, R Todd,
Referee: Joel Jutge (France)
