RECAP: London Irish v Bath

READERS' FORUM: Welcome to the Premiership Round Six encounter between London Irish and Bath the Madejski Stadium.

London Irish drew 27-all at Bristol in Round Five of Premiership, their first tie in the competition since drawing 40-all at home to Wasps in Round 22 in 2015.

The Exiles’ 36-11 victory over Leicester at Madejski Stadium in Round Four was their first home win in Premiership since February 2018, whilst they have not won successive matches in the competition at the venue since February 2016.

Bath have slipped to five straight defeats in all tournaments since beating Northampton at the Recreation Ground in Round Four of Premiership.

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Teams:

London Irish: 15 Paddy Jackson, 14 Curtis Rona, 13 Tom Stephenson, 12 Terrence Hepetema, 11 Ollie Hassell-Collins, 10 Stephen Myler, 9 Ben Meehan, 8 Albert Tuisue, 7 Blair Cowan (captain), 6 Steve Mafi, 5 Adam Coleman, 4 Ruan Botha, 3 Olle Hoskins, 2 Saia Fainga’a, 1 Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi.

Replacements: 16 Motu Matu’u, 17 Allan Dell, 18 Lovejoy Chawatama, 19 Franco van der Merwe, 20 Matt Rogerson, 21 Nick Phipps, 22 Tom Fowlie, 23 James Stokes.

Bath: 15 Tom Homer, 14 Semesa Rokoduguni, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Anthony Watson, 10 Rhys Priestland (captain), 9 Will Chudley, 8 Josh Bayliss, 7 Sam Underhill, 6 Tom Ellis, 5 Elliott Stooke, 4 Josh McNally, 3 Will Stuart, 2 Tom Dunn, 1 Beno Obano.

Replacements: 16 Jack Walker, 17 Lewis Boyce, 18 Christian Judge, 19 Matt Garvey, 20 Rhys Davies, 21 Chris Cook, 22 Freddie Burns, 23 Aled Brew.

Referee: Karl Dickson

Assistant referees: Simon Harding & Jonathan Healy

TMO: Sean Davey