Harlequins v Bath Rugby, Saturday 5 September (Twickenham Stoop, 03:00 pm SA time)
Harlequins last seven fixtures have all been won by the home side on the day, whilst ‘Quins most recent defeat at Twickenham Stoop being 15-29 to London Irish on 15 February. Bath Rugby’s run of three successive victories since the restart ended with their 23-27 home defeat to Wasps on Monday.
Bath’s only defeat in their last four away games was 20-57 at Exeter in round 13 of Gallagher Premiership Rugby. Bath beat Harlequins 19-12 at the Recreation Ground in February but have not achieved a Premiership Rugby season’s double over the Londoners since 2014-15.
Teams:
Harlequins: 15. Mike Brown, 14. Chris Ashton, 13. Joe Marchant, 12. Ben Tapuai, 11. Nathan Earle, 10. Brett Herron, 9. Danny Care, 8. Alex Dombrandt, 7. Will Evans, 6. Chris Robshaw (captain), 5. Glen Young, 4. Matt Symons, 3. Simon Kerrod, 2. Scott Baldwin, 1. Joe Marler. Replacements: 16. Joe Gray, 17. Santiago Garcia Botta, 18. Will Collier, 19. Stephan Lewies, 20. Tom Lawday, 21. Martin Landajo, 22. James Lang, 23. Paul Lasike.
Bath: 15. Anthony Watson, 14. Semesa Rokoduguni, 13. Jonathan Joseph, 12. Cameron Redpath, 11. Ruaridh McConnochie, 10. Rhys Priestland, 9. Ben Spencer, 8. Taulupe Faletau, 7. Miles Reid, 6. Josh Bayliss, 5. Charlie Ewels, 4. Elliott Stooke, 3. Will Stuart, 2. Tom Dunn, 1. Beno Obano. Replacements: 16. Jack Walker, 17. Lewis Boyce, 18. Christian Judge, 19. Josh McNally, 20. Tom Ellis, 21. Will Chudley, 22. Josh Matavesi, 23. Tom de Glanville.