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Arundell and Lawrence to start as Bath's No.10 reserves are tested
By Josh Raisey
Henry Arundell is set to make his competitive debut for Gallagher PREM champions Bath on Friday night against Harlequins at the Stoop in their first match of the season.
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The 22-year-old will start on the left wing in London, marking his return to England after almost two years in France with Racing 92.
He will be joined in the backline with fellow England international Ollie Lawrence, who will make his first competitive start since rupturing his Achilles tendon against Italy in the Six Nations.
Amid a mini-crisis at fly-half, Max Ojomoh will wear the No.10 jersey against Quins, having been trialled there in a preseason fixture against Worcester Warriors.
Ojomoh, who was capped by England in the summer against USA, only has a handful of appearances at fly-half, but with British & Irish Lion Finn Russell stood down for the first two league matches, Santi Carreras with Argentina at the Rugby Championship, and Sam Harris and Ciaran Donoghue not fit for this fixture, head coach Johan van Graan has been forced to turn to the centre.
Like Bath, Harlequins will also be without their Lions fly-half, Marcus Smith, with Jarrod Evans wearing the No.10 jersey.
Former England tighthead Harry Williams will make his PREM debut for Quins, while Kieran Treadwell will mark his return to the club. Both will start, with fellow new signing George Turner on the bench.
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Harlequins XV: 15. Tyrone Green, 14. Nick David, 13. Oscar Beard, 12. Sean Kerr, 11. Cadan Murley, 10. Jarrod Evans, 9. Will Porter, 1. Fin Baxter, 2. Jack Walker, 3. Harry Williams, 4. Chandler Cunningham-South, 5. Kieran Treadwell, 6. Jack Kenningham, 7. Will Evans, 8. Alex Dombrandt (C)
Replacements: 16. George Turner, 17. Jordan Els, 18. Ollie Streeter, 19. Jonny Green, 20. Zach Carr, 21. Max Green, 22. Ludo Kolade, 23. Cameron Anderson
Bath XV: 1 Beno Obano, 2 Tom Dunn, 3 Vilikesa Sela, 4 Quinn Roux, 5 Charlie Ewels, 6 Josh Bayliss, 7 Guy Pepper, 8 Miles Reid, 9 Ben Spencer ©, 10 Max Ojomoh, 11 Henry Arundell, 12 Cameron Redpath, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 15 Tom de Glanville
Replacements: 16 Kepueli Tuipulotu, 17 Francois Van Wyk, 18 Archie Griffin, 19 Ross Molony, 20 Ted Hill, 21 Tom Carr-Smith, 22 Chris Harris, 23 Sam Underhill
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