It should be a cracking game and it’s anyone’s for the taking. Teams Bristol Bears: 15 Charles Piutau, 14 Toby Fricker, 13 Piers O’Conor, 12 Sam Bedlow, 11 Rich Lane, 10 Callum Sheedy, 9 Harry Randall; 1 Ellis Genge, 2 Will Capon, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 4 John Hawkins, 5 Joe Joyce, 6 Chris Vui, 7 Jake Heenan (c), 8 Magnus Bradbury; Replacements: 16 Jake Kerr, 17 Jake Woolmore, 18 Max Lahiff, 19 Ed Holmes, 20 Dan Thomas, 21 Tom Whiteley, 22 AJ MacGinty, 23 Jack Bates Exeter Chiefs: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Jack Nowell, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Rory O’Loughlin, 11 Olly Woodburn, 10 Joe Simmonds, 9 Jack Maunder; 1 Alec Hepburn, 2 Jack Yeandle (c), 3 Harry Williams, 4 Jannes Kirsten, 5 Jonny Gray, 6 Jacques Vermeulen, 7 Christ Tshiunza, 8 Richard Capstick; Replacements: 16 Lukę Cowan-Dickie, 17 Josh Iosefa-Scott, 18 Patrick Schickerling, 19 Ruben Van Heerden, 20 Dave Ewers, 21 Sam Maunder, 22 Harvey Skinner, 23 Solomone Kata Prediction: Exeter by 5 Bath v GloucesterSaturday 8 October, 3pm kick-off, coverage from 2.
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Bath Rugby: 15 Matt Gallagher, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Cameron Redpath, 11 Gabriel Hamer-Webb, 10 Piers Francis, 9 Louis Schreuder; 1 Juan Schoeman, 2 Tom Dunn (c), 3 Will Stuart, 4 Dave Attwood, 5 Quinn Roux, 6 Tom Ellis, 7 Miles Reid, 8 Nahum Merigan; Replacements: 16 Niall Annett, 17 Arthur Cordwell, 18 Aranos Coetzee, 19 Ewan Richards, 20 Richard de Carpentier, 21 Max Green, 22 Orlando Bailey, 23 Will Butt Gloucester: 15 Lloyd Evans, 14 Louis Rees-Zammit, 13 Giorgi Kveseladze, 12 Mark Atkinson, 11 Santiago Carreras, 10 Adam Hastings, 9 Ben Meehan, 1 Val Rapava-Ruskin, 2 Santiago Socino, 3 Fraser Balmain, 4 Freddie Clarke, 5 Matias Alemanno, 6 Ruan Ackermann, 7 Lewis Ludlow, 8 Albert Tuisue; Replacements: 16 Jack Singleton, 17 Ciaran Knight, 18 Jamal Ford-Robinson, 19 Cam Jordan, 20 Jordy Reid, 21 Charlie Chapman, 22 Jack Reeves, 23 Jonny May Prediction: Gloucester by 5 Leicester Tigers v Sale SharksSaturday 8 October, 3pm kick-offJoe Carpenter of Sale Sharks, here celebrating a try against Exeter Chiefs last weekends, is set to start at full back against Leicester Tigers (Picture: Getty Images)Springbok 10 Handre Pollard is not present for the hosts after limping off 27 minutes into last weekend’s contest, Freddie Burns will start here in his place, wth Julian Montoya and Jasper Wiese back from The Rugby Championship to strengthen the Tigers.
30pm on BT Sport 2A West-Country derby in which Bath hope the home crowd at the Rec can spur them to a first win of the season. Ollie Robinson will take to the field for his first start as a Bath player following the liquidation of Worcester. He’ll play outside his former England U20 partner Cameron Redpath (now a Scotland international) and Piers Francis who starts at fly-half. For Gloucester, Giorgi Kveseladze makes his first start of the season, replacing Chris Harris, also of Scotland, at outside centre.
i's guide to Premiership rugby round 5 - team news, fixtures, predictions and TV detailsThe fifth round of Premiership rugby beckons, somewhat overshadowed by the liquidation of Worcester Warriors and the termination of the contracts of staff working at the club. Some players have already moved to other clubs, but many remain without clubs and the financial situation at Wasps also remains of great concern. Harlequins will have no fixture this weekend, having been due to play the Warriors, and prior results featuring Worcester have been written off. Round four results Newcastle Falcons 30-15 Bristol BearsLondon Irish 47-38 Bath RugbySale Sharks 28-20 Exeter ChiefsSaracens 51-18 Leicester TigersHarlequins 35-29 Northampton Saints Round five features two exciting West Country matchups, as well as some returning international players keen to make their mark on the Premiership once again.
Right now, you’ve got two teams who are at the top end of the table and both of whom will be pushing hard to get a result. “What we need to do – and we’ve spelt this out to the boys this week – is go there and put in a big, emotional performance. I’m sure Pat [Lam] will be saying the same to his team. Like ourselves, Bristol will have been frustrated with their result last weekend up at Newcastle, so we have to be ready to come out of the blocks firing and meet the challenge they throw down head on. ”Captain Jack Yeandle returns at hooker for the visitors with Jack Nowell on the wing, while Toby Fricker returns from injury for the Bears with Ellis Genge, Harry Randall and Charles Piutau back in the fold.
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