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Seven internationals back for Bath Rugby ahead of crunch Harlequins clash

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Bath Rugby welcome seven internationals back into their side as they return to Aviva Premiership action when Harlequins visit The Rec on Saturday (3pm). Mike Ford's team romped to an 11-try victory over Italians Mogliano in the Amlin Cup last weekend and will be looking for an 11th consecutive win in all competitions tomorrow. England hooker Rob Webber and Samoan tighthead Anthony Perenise come into the side to form an all international front-row alongside Wales' Paul James. Dave Attwood slots into the engine room to partner club captain Stuart Hooper, and South African flanker Francois Louw returns to an exciting back-row, which also includes Matt Garvey and Carl Fearns. Ireland international Peter Stringer comes in at scrum-half to combine with George Ford, while Jonathan Joseph returns at centre to form an England international midfield pairing alongside Kyle Eastmond. Argentina's Horacio Agulla is back on the right wing and Matt Banahan, who celebrated his 150th appearance for Bath last weekend with a quartet of tries, continues on the left. Anthony Watson starts at full-back. Quins make just two changes to the starting line-up which beat Racing Metro in the Heineken Cup last weekend. Paul Doran Jones and Karl Dickson start at tighthead prop and scrum-half respectively, in place of Will Collier and Danny Care after the duo picked up knocks last week.Bath Rugby team to face Harlequins: 15 Anthony Watson, 14 Horacio Agulla, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Kyle Eastmond, 11 Matt Banahan, 10 George Ford, 9 Peter Stringer, 1 Paul James, 2 Rob Webber, 3 Anthony Perenise, 4 Stuart Hooper (c), 5 Dave Attwood, 6 Matt Garvey, 7 Francois Louw, 8 Carl Fearns. Replacements: 16 Eusebio Guinazu, 17 Nathan Catt, 18 Juan Pablo Orlandi, 19 Dominic Day, 20 Leroy Houston, 21 Martin Roberts, 22 Tom Heathcote, 23 Ollie Devoto.Harlequins: 15 Mike Brown, 14 Charlie Walker, 13 Matt Hopper, 12 Tim Molenaar, 11 Sam Smith, 10 Nick Evans, 9 Karl Dickson, 1 Joe Marler, 2 Dave Ward, 3 Paul Doran Jones, 4 Charlie Matthews, 5 George Robson, 6 Luke Wallace, 7 Chris Robshaw (c), 8 Nick Easter. Replacements: 16 Max Crumpton, 17 Mark Lambert, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 Nick Kennedy, 20 Tom Guest, 21 Sam Stuart, 22 Ben Botica, 23 Ollie Lindsay-Hague.

Seven internationals back for Bath Rugby ahead of crunch Harlequins clash


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