Kyle Eastmond and Gavin Henson will form Bath Rugby's centre partnership when they take on Italian minnows Mogliano in the Amlin Challenge Cup tomorrow (1pm).
Eastmond has not featured for the 1st XV since walking out on his team-mates during last month's LV= Cup clash at Sale Sharks but was registered for European competition this week in a bid to hasten his return.
Henson, who takes the number 13 jersey, has been troubled by a calf problem in recent weeks.
Bath – who will be overwhelming favourites to make it three wins out of three in Pool 2 - have rung the changes for their trip to Italy, with prop Nathan Catt and lock Dom Day the only two players in the line-up to have started last Saturday's Aviva Premiership win over Exeter Chiefs.
Catt is joined in the front row by Argentinian internationals Eusebio Guinazu and Juan Pablo Orlandi, while Day is partnered by Ryan Caldwell. An all-new back row of Will Skuse, Mat Gilbert and Carl Fearns completes the pack.
Micky Young makes his return from injury to partner Tom Heathcote in the half-backs, with Olly Woodburn and Richard Lane continuing their comebacks out wide on the wings. Nick Abendanon captains the side from full-back.
MOGLIANO RUGBY: 15 Nicolo' Fadalti, 14 Giovanni Benvenuti, 13 Enrico Ceccato, 12 Tommaso Boni, 11 Filippo Guarducci, 10 Edoardo Padovani, 9 Enrico Endrizzi, 1 Agustin Costa Repetto, 2 Ivan Gianesini, 3 Alessio Ceglie, 4 Federico Maso, 5 Andrea Ceccato, 6 Andrea Trotta, 7 Edoardo Candiago (capt), 8 Meyer Swanepoel.
Replacements: 16 Ornel Gega, 17 Davide Meggetto, 18 Massimiliano Ravalle, 19 Thorleif Halvorsen, 20 Giacomo Stefani, 21 Antonio Giabardo, 22 Matt Cornwell, 23 Riccardo Della Rossa.
BATH RUGBY: 15 Nick Abendanon (capt), 14 Richard Lane, 13 Gavin Henson, 12 Kyle Eastmond, 11 Olly Woodburn, 10 Tom Heathcote, 9 Micky Young, 1 Nathan Catt, 2 Eusebio Guinazu, 3 Juan Pablo Orlandi, 4 Dominic Day, 5 Ryan Caldwell, 6 Will Skuse, 7 Mat Gilbert, 8 Carl Fearns
Replacements: 16 Ross Batty, 17 Anthony Perenise, 18 Kane Palma-Newport, 19 Matt Garvey, 20 Leroy Houston, 21 Martin Roberts, 22 Ollie Devoto, 23 Tom Biggs.
