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Arundell and Lawrence to start as Bath's No.10 reserves are tested


Henry Arundell of Bath Rugby looks on prior to the pre-season match between Worcester Warriors and Bath Rugby at Sixways Stadium on September 19, 2025 in Worcester, England. (Photo by Patrick Khachfe/Getty Images)
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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.

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Gallagher Premiership
Harlequins
31 - 47
Full-time
Bath
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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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Rugby's Greatest Rivalry deep dive - what has happened to the All Blacks’ scrum?

Alot of people have talked about how the AB's are making progress and getting closer to the Boks. Its also important to ask where the net gain has been. In 4 games under Razor the AB's attack failed dismally and struggled to score tries. The Boks outscored them comprehensively. Even so the All Blacks led for long periods in Joburg and Cape Town in 24. They lost each game by one score. They led all the way in Auckland and led for a quarter of the match in Wellington. Razors team always lost control in the final quarter of matches against the boks where the Boks bench completely overpowered them.

Under Rennie the AB's have scored plenty of tries, more than the Boks, they have rediscovered their attacking threat but they have regressed in other areas. Their scrum has totally capitulated, their lineout has been hammered, they are turning the ball over more at break down and in the tackle. They are making mistakes within their attacking template that has cost them and presented the Boks opportunities and so their defence has suffered with the Boks making hay in the last 3 games outscoring them in terms of tries and pts during that period. They have conceded 2 and 3 score leads in the last 3 matches heading into the final quarter. At Cape Town it was 16 points, Soweto 12 pts and in the US 15 pts. The Boks established control of Rennies team earlier and led for longer with AB's forced to chase games. They won the second half in Ellis Park comprehensively and the final quarters in the next 2 matches matches but little else illustrating the lack of control for the AB's.



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