BATH are boosted by the return from injury of skipper Stuart Hooper and inside centre Kyle Eastmond for tomorrow night's Aviva Premiership match against London Irish at the Rec (7.45pm).
Paul James, Rob Webber and Kane Palma-Newport make up the front row, with Hooper and Dominic Day in the second row.
Sam Burgess starts his second Aviva Premiership match at blindside flanker, with openside Francois Louw and number eight Leroy Houston alongside him.
Peter Stringer and George Ford are named in the half-backs, and starting in the midfield for the 16th match this season are dynamic duo Eastmond and Jonathan Joseph.
Bath's back three of full-back Anthony Watson and wings Semesa Rokoduguni and Matt Banahan - all of whom scored in Bath's last outing, the 29-19 victory against Newcastle Falcons - continue.
Bath: 15 Anthony Watson, 14 Semesa Rokoduguni, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Kyle Eastmond, 11 Matt Banahan, 10 George Ford, 9 Peter Stringer, 1 Paul James, 2 Rob Webber, 3 Kane Palma-Newport, 4 Stuart Hooper (captain), 5 Dominic Day, 6 Sam Burgess, 7 Francois Louw, 8 Leroy Houston.
Replacements: 16 Ross Batty, 17 Nick Auterac, 18 Max Lahiff, 19 Dave Attwood, 20 Matt Garvey, 21 Carl Fearns, 22 Chris Cook, 23 Ollie Devoto.
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