ETHAN Waller will become the third player in recent weeks to reach the 50 appearances milestone for Worcester Warriors in Sunday’s Gallagher Premiership derby against Gloucester at Sixways (3pm).

The 26-year-old loosehead prop joined Warriors from Northampton Saints two years ago and will follow Francois Hougaard (v Harlequins) and Marco Mama (v Sale Sharks) to the half century of appearances landmark in a home match.

Waller will have the honour of leading out Warriors against Gloucester and will again start having produced a dynamic display in the win over Sale.

Worcester have made one change to their starting XV with wing Perry Humphreys set for his first appearance in almost four months.

Humphreys suffered an ankle injury in the win over Bath in January but made his comeback in the Cavaliers two weeks ago and scored a try in the final Premiership Rugby Shield match of the season at Newcastle on Monday.

Humphreys replaces Bryce Heem who was suspended by the RFU after his appeal against the decision to upgrade the yellow card he received against Sale to a red was rejected.

Fit-again lock Michael Fatialofa returns to the squad as one of six replacement forwards.

Marco Mama will again captain Warriors in the absence of the injured Gerrit-Jan van Velze and Ryan Mills.

With boss Alan Solomons electing to go with six forwards and two backs on the bench, there is no place for wing Tom Howe.

WARRIORS: Pennell; Humphreys, Venter, Te’o, Adams; Weir, Hougaard, Waller, Annett, Schonert, Bresler, Barry, Mama ©, Lewis, du Preez.

Replacements: Singleton, Black, Milasinovich, Fatialofa, Kitchener, Hill, Heaney, Lance.

GLOUCESTER: Banahan; Sharples, Twelvetrees, Atkinson, Purdy; Cipriani, Heinz; Rapava Ruskin, Marais, Denman, Slater, Mostert, Ackermann, Polledri, Morgan.

Replacements: Sherry, Hohneck, Balmain, Savage, Ludlow, Braley, Evans, Woodward.