Bath v Sale Sharks: Aviva Premiership preview
Last Updated: 06/03/15 7:34pm
Danny Cipriani returns to the Sale starting line-up for Friday’s Aviva Premiership meeting with Bath at the Recreation Ground.
The fly-half was an unused replacement in England’s Six Nations defeat to Ireland but is back in the No 10 jersey as the Sharks attempt to return to winning ways following last weekend’s 20-point defeat at Leicester.
Cipriani’s inclusion is one of three changes made by Steve Diamond. Tommy Taylor is named at hooker while David Seymour is selected at openside.
Bath have lost their last three Premiership fixtures and Mike Ford makes four changes to his starting line-up.
Chris Cook is preferred to Micky Young at scrum-half with Rob Webber and Henry Thomas coming into the front-row, while Carl Fearns switches to No 8 to accommodate Matt Garvey’s inclusion.
Bath: 15 Tom Homer, 14 Semesa Rokoduguni, 13 Sam Burgess, 12 Kyle Eastmond, 11 Olly Woodburn, 10 Ollie Devoto, 9 Chris Cook; 1 Nick Auterac, 2 Rob Webber, 3 Henry Thomas, 4 Stuart Hooper (c), 5 Dominic Day, 6 Matt Garvey, 7 Francois Louw, 8 Carl Fearns.
Replacements: 16 Ross Batty, 17 Max Lahiff, 18 Kane Palma-Newport, 19 Alafoti Faosiliva, 20 Guy Mercer, 21 Micky Young, 22 Matt Banahan, 23 Luke Arscott.
Sale Sharks: 15 Mike Haley, 14 Tom Arscott, 13 Johnny Leota, 12 Sam Tuitupou, 11 Mark Cueto, 10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Chris Cusiter; 1 Eifion Lewis Roberts, 2 Tommy Taylor, 3 Vadim Cobilas, 4 Jonathan Mills, 5 Nathan Hines, 6 Dan Braid (c), 7 David Seymour, 8 Magnus Lund.
Replacements: 16 Cameron Neild, 17 James Flynn, 18 Ross Harrison, 19 Josh Beaumont, 20 TJ Ioane, 21 Will Cliff, 22 Joe Ford, 23 Tom Brady.
