England lock Ollie Chessum will return to Leicester Tigers' starting XV on Sunday as his side host Saracens in the Gallagher Premiership.
Johann van Graan believed Bath’s enthralling game with Northampton was a great advert for the Gallagher Premiership as the league leaders went down 35-34 at Franklin’s Gardens thanks to a last-minute penalty from Fin Smith.
Bath turned the tables on Gallagher Premiership champions Northampton as they opened their league campaign with a 38-16 victory at the Recreation Ground.
Former Leinster and Ireland second row Ross Molony is set to make his Bath debut in a pre-season clash against a familiar foe.
Premiership finalists Bath are gearing up for a crack at Saracens and England hooker Theo Dan as they look for a big name to replace Tom Dunn at the end of the forthcoming season.
Former Scotland full-back Stuart Hogg will take his first steps back into rugby when he reports for pre-season training with Montpellier next Wednesday after the club confirmed him as a medical joker.
The piratical hooker has been at the coalface through a turbulent 12 years and wants to leave a tangible legacy.
The players had to wait several agonising minutes to learn that they had also earned a prize home tie against Sale, shock winners at Saracens.
Bristol shredded the Gallagher Premiership form-book by beating title contenders and fierce west country rivals Bath 57-44 in a remarkable Ashton Gate encounter.
Bath missed the opportunity to begin 2024 at the top of the Premiership table as they crashed to a convincing 35-22 defeat to Leicester.