Bath Rugby travel to face Championship Rugby side Bedford Blues this Friday night as they prepare for the upcoming 2026/27 Gallagher Premiership season.
The Blue, Black and Whites have already played two matches this season, both with mostly younger squads. They were narrowly defeated 53-42 in Perpignan and then lost 50-28 away to Sale Sharks in the opening round of the Premiership Rugby Cup on Sunday.
Here is everything you need to know to follow this weekend’s action:
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The Bedford Blues vs Bath Rugby match will take place on Friday, 11 September, at Goldington Road.
Kick-off is scheduled for 7.30pm.
As with all Championship Rugby fixtures this season, the game will be streamed live on Clubber TV. Access requires a one-off match fee of £4.99. You can sign up on the Clubber TV website.
If you cannot attend the match at the stadium, Bath Rugby’s supporters and rugby fans can follow live updates, team news, in-depth analysis, player reactions, statistics, and highlights via our live blog throughout the evening.
Please note, BBC Radio Somerset and BBC Three Counties will not be providing live commentary for this game.
Team line-ups:
Bedford Blues: 15 Louis James, 14 Ryan Hutler, 13 Lucas Titherington, 12 Michael Le Bourgeois, 11 George Worth, 10 Will Maisey, 9 Alex Day (Captain); 1 Joey Conway, 2 Tommy Herman, 3 Oisin Heffernan, 4 Ilan Evans, 5 Rory Ward, 6 Kayde Sylvester, 7 Charlie Ulcoq, 8 Fred Tuilagi
Replacements: James Fish, Monty Royston, Will Davies-King, James Bennett, Alex Woolford, Archie Benson, Tui Uru, James Lennon, Ben Dufficy, Dean Adamson
Bath Rugby: 15 Tom de Glanville, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Cameron Redpath, 11 Henry Arundell, 10 Ciaran Donoghue, 9 Tom Carr-Smith; 1 Claudius Wheeler, 2 Dan Frost, 3 Archie Griffin, 4 Quinn Roux, 5 Ross Molony, 6 Arthur Green, 7 Miles Reid (Captain), 8 Dan du Preez
Replacements (alphabetical): Jack Bennett, Ieuan Davies, Tom Dunn, Ioan Emanuel, Austin Emens, Jack Harrison, Louie Hennessey, Will Jeanes, Scott Kirk, James Linegar, Max Pearce, Ewan Richards, Will Roue, Jasper Spandler, Will Stuart, George Timmins, Kepu Tuipulotu, Bernard van der Linde, Kieran Verden, Jack Woods
Referee for the match is Richard Gordon, assisted by Ben Simpson and James Clarke.