Two international players make their first competitive appearance for the men in Blue, Black and White, with Samoa’s Kahn Fotuali’i and Wales’s Taulupe Faletau both named in the starting line-up.

Scrum-half Fotuali’i, formerly of Northampton Saints, partners fly-half George Ford, with Max Clark and Jonathan Joseph lining up in the midfield. Matt Banahan and Semesa Rokoduguni are named on the wings, with Tom Homer at fullback.

Nathan Catt, Ross Batty and Henry Thomas form a powerful front row, with an equally muscular second row made up of Charlie Ewels and Dave Attwood.

Matt Garvey captains the team from the blindside (having done so in Bath’s last outing, the 19-39 pre-season victory against Leinster), with David Denton wearing the number seven jersey and British and Irish Lion Faletau at eight.

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15 Tom Homer
14 Semesa Rokoduguni
13 Jonathan Joseph
12 Max Clark
11 Matt Banahan
10 George Ford
9 Kahn Fotuali’i
1 Nathan Catt
2 Ross Batty
3 Henry Thomas
4 Charlie Ewels
5 Dave Attwood
6 Matt Garvey (c)
7 David Denton
8 Taulupe Faletau

Replacements

16 Tom Dunn
17 Nick Auterac
18 Kane Palma-Newport
19 David Sisi
20 Tom Ellis
21 Chris Cook
22 Rhys Priestland
23 Jeff Williams

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