Leicester vs Bath
A titanic clash will take place at Welford Road on Sunday. Both teams come into the game with momentum having won last weekend. Bath beat Northampton comfortably whilst Leicester scored a late winner to beat Exeter. Bath will be looking to continue their momentum as many people's title favourites. Leicester will see this as a great test of where they are at this early stage of the Michael Cheika era.
Team news:
Leicester:
Anthony Watson makes his first start since Christmas replacing Bassett on the wing. George Martin replaces his injured England teammate Ollie Chessum. Jack Van Poortvliet will captain the team. Kelly comes into the team to replace the suspended Kata. Reffell makes the starting XV in place of Hatherell and Cracknell moves to 8 in order to accommodate the Welsh international.
Bath:
Guy Pepper and Ross Molony make their first starts in a Bath kit, replacing Ewels and Reid. Bayliss starts in place of Hill. The backs remain unchanged.
Line-ups:
Leicester:
1.Smith 2.Clare 3.Heyes 4.Wells 5.Martin 6.Liebenberg 7.Reffell 8.Cracknell
9.Van-Poortvliet(C) 10.Shillcock 11.Hassell-Collins 12.Kelly 13.Perese 14.Watson 15.Steward
Bath:
1.Obano 2.Dunn 3.Stuart 4.Roux 5.Molony 6.Bayliss 7.Pepper 8.Barbeary
9.Spencer(C) 10.Russell 11.Muir 12.Butt 13.Lawrence 14.Cokanasiga 15.De Glanville
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