RECAP: Bath v Bristol Bears

READERS' FORUM: Welcome to our coverage of the Premiership Round 12 encounter between Bath and Bristol Bears at the Recreation Ground.

MATCH REPORT: Bath v Bristol 

Bath Rugby’s only defeat in the last six rounds of Premiership Rugby was 15-29 at Gloucester on 4 January. Bath have lost only once at the Recreation Ground since this weekend last year: 12-25 to Saracens in Premiership Rugby in November.

Bristol Bears have won their last three Premiership Rugby fixtures but have not won four in succession in the tournament since 2006/07. The Bears have won twice on the road in Premiership Rugby this season, at Exeter in round 4 and at Northampton in round 10.

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Teams: 

Bath: 15 Tom Homer, 14 Semesa Rokoduguni, 13 Jackson Willison, 12 Josh Matavesi, 11 Ruaridh McConnochie, 10 Rhys Priestland, 9 Rhys Webb, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Francois Louw (captain), 6 Mike Williams, 5 Elliott Stooke, 4 Josh McNally, 3 Will Stuart, 2 Jack Walker, 1 Lewis Boyce

Replacements: 16 Tom Doughty, 17 Beno Obano, 18 Christian Judge, 19 Tom Ellis, 20 Josh Bayliss, 21 Chris Cook, 22 Freddie Burns, 23 Max Wright

Bristol Bears: 15 Charles Piutau, 14 Luke Morahan, 13 Piers O’Conor, 12 Sam Bedlow, 11 Alapati Leiua, 10 Callum Sheedy, 9 Andy Uren, 8 Jordan Crane, 7 Steven Luatua (captain), 6 Chris Vui, 5 Joe Joyce, 4 Ed Holmes, 3 Lewis Thiede, 2 Shaun Malton, 1 Yann Thomas

Replacements: 16 Will Capon, 17 Jake Woolmore, 18 Max Lahiff, 19 Nathan Hughes, 20 Luke Hamilton, 21 Harry Randall, 22 Ian Madigan, 23 Mat Protheroe

Referee: Ian Tempest

Assistant Referees: Jamie Leahy & Paul Dix.

TMO: Keith Lewis.