<text>  England lock Joe Launchbury could be back in action for his club Wasps by the end of April as he recovers from neck surgery. Launchbury has been sidelined since October with the nerve problem caused by a bulging disc but is closing in on a return to full training with the Champions Cup quarter-finalists. Director of rugby Dai Young has revealed the 23-year-old is on course to resume playing in either the Aviva Premiership match against Exeter on April 26 or Leicester on May 9. Joe Launchbury could return to Wasps by the end of the month as he nears the end of neck surgery recovery . Launchbury right is an England international but was out of the Six Nations due to the issue . Launchbury left has not played since October but could feature for Wasps against Exeter on April 26 . Joe is in the final stage of his rehab, so hes over the worst, but if one or two days dont quite go to plan it will make a difference in when hes back, Young said. Weve pencilled in either the Leicester or the Exeter games, so he should be back in either of those games. It will be like having a new signing . Launchbury will be missing for Sundays trip to double European champions Toulon with Wasps facing the toughest assignment of the four English teams in the last eight of the Champions Cup. The odds are heavily stacked against the Coventry-based club, but Young is planning to ambush the big-spending Top 14 team with a display bristling with attacking intent. If this is a slow, set-piece game well lose. If they are allowed to control the tempo, we dont have enough to win, Young said. If we can get some real tempo and intensity and ask questions of them, then who knows what can happen? This is a game we have to try to win. If we sit back and are conservative, theres only winner. Toulon have lost games and theyre not unbeatable, so you have to back yourselves. Launchbury, 23, could play against Leicester on May 9 if the game against Exeter comes too soon . Dai Young has a plan for Wasps encounter against French side Toulon on the weekend . Weve shown we can upset the best teams. Against these guys well have to play for 80 minutes. We just have to go out there and really play. If we can get quick line-outs or taps going then great. Anything within kicking range well kick it, but until then lets play rugby. It may be good enough on the day, it may not. Were not going to throw caution to the wind, but we have to be a little more adventurous than we would be in the Premiership. 