Ugo Monye, Danny Care and Nick Easter sit out Harlequins' Heineken Cup pool stage opener in Cardiff tomorrow.

All three are missing because of the EPS agreement and their places are taken by Gonzalo Camacho, Steve So'oialo and Tom Guest.

There are two changes to the starting front row. With the departure of Gary Botha.

Tani Fuga starts as hooker in the front row, where he joins Mark Lambert, who had to miss last weekend's game as a result of injury, and Ceri Jones.

John Andress and Chris Brooker start on the bench.

Quins enjoyed back-to-back victories over Stade Francais in last season's pool stages and see this season's Heineken Cup as a chance to build on last weekend's first victory of the season against Bath under the floodlights of The Stoop.

Cardoff Blues haven't had the best start to their season, having lost all but one of their games in the Magners League, which includes a loss last week against Glasgow Warriors.

Combined with the loss of a number of key players such as Gethin Jenkins, Martyn Williams, Xavier Rush and Jamie Roberts (although the latter two look likely to return tomorrow), it is clear that Blues haven't been performing at their best.

But they were unlucky to miss out on the Heineken Cup final last season, being knocked out on a single penalty kick, and with the Welsh crowd behind them tomorrow in their new home of Cardiff City Stadium, it will be a real battle between the two capital teams.

Quins team to play Cardiff Blues 1 CERI JONES 2 TANI FUGA 3 MARK LAMBERT 4 LEWIS STEVENSON 5 JIM EVANS 6 CHRIS ROBSHAW 7 WILL SKINNER (CAPT) 8 TOM GUEST 9 STEVE SOOIALO 10 NICK EVANS 11 GONZALO CAMACHO 12 TOSH MASSON 13 GONZALO TIESI 14 DAVID STRETTLE 15 MIKE BROWN

16 CHRIS BROOKER 17 ASTON CROALL 18 JOHN ANDRESS 19 SHANE OCONNOR

20 NEIL McMILLAN 21 GARETH WILLIAMS 22 RORY CLEGG 23 GEORGE LOWE