Bath team to face London Welsh

Players unavailable for selection include new signings Paul James and Rob Webber, back rows Francois Louw, Josh Ovens and Simon Taylor, and backs Stephen Donald, Richard Lane, Ben Williams, Olly Barkley and Sam Vesty.

15. Jack Cuthbert
14. JJ Kilmartin
13. Dan Hipkiss
12. Matt Banahan
11. Kyle Eastmond
10. Tom Heathcote
9. Chris Cook
1. Charlie Beech
2. Ross Batty
3. Anthony Perenise
4. Dom Day
5. Stuart Hooper (c)
6. Joe Buckle
7. Guy Mercer
8. Ben Skirving
Replacements
16. Will Tanner
17. Nathan Catt
18. David Wilson
19. Dave Attwood
20. Ryan Caldwell
21. Carl Fearns
22. Tom Baldwin
23. Will Skuse
24. Mark McMillan
25. Ollie Devoto
26. Olly Woodburn
28. Ben Mosses
29. Tom Biggs
30. Nick Abendanon
31. Lee Mears
32. Kane Palma-Newport
33. Will Spencer
34. Michael Claassens

That's quite an injury list 3 weeks before the start of the season!!!
Looking forward to seeing how Eastmond gets on, he must be raring to go after spending much of last year injured.

They might be unavailable because they were late into pre season training due to injuries they have recovered from in the summer, EPS training squad this week or a late return from other international duties. Just because they are unavailable for the first friendly doesn't nescessarily mean they are broken.

Though with Olly Barkley it probably means he is out until next year.

Pretty strong Bath squad there. Some names I don't know, any trialists or all academy boys? Big centre partnership is unlikely to be passing much.