CLUB captain Stuart Hooper will return for Bath's Aviva Premiership derby against Gloucester at the Rec tomorrow night (7.45pm).

Hooper partners Wales international Dominic Day in the second row, while the back row of Matt Garvey, Francois Louw and Leroy Houston is unchanged from the defeat at Saracens last week.

Only hooker Rob Webber, who will join Sale next season, remains from that starting front row, joined this week by Max Lahiff and David Wilson.

Dan Bowden, who made his club debut last Saturday at inside centre, moves to fly-half, as scrum-half Chris Cook makes his 10th start of the season.

Kyle Eastmond returns at inside centre with Matt Banahan partnering him in the midfield.

Tom Homer, Bath's try corer last weekend, is named at fullback in an unchanged back three alongside wings Horacio Agulla and Semesa Rokoduguni.

Bath: 15 Tom Homer, 14 Semesa Rokoduguni, 13 Matt Banahan, 12 Kyle Eastmond, 11 Horacio Agulla, 10 Dan Bowden, 9 Chris Cook, 1 Max Lahiff, 2 Rob Webber, 3 David Wilson, 4 Stuart Hooper (captain), 5 Dominic Day, 6 Matt Garvey, 7 Francois Louw, 8 Leroy Houston.

Replacements: 16 Tom Dunn, 17 Nathan Catt, 18 Henry Thomas, 19 Charlie Ewels, 20 Tom Ellis, 21 Alafoti Faosiliva, 22 Niko Matawalu, 23 Max Clark.