Attwood and Francis back

EXPERIENCED Dave Attwood will lead a Bath Rugby side featuring plenty of young players when they visit Exeter Chiefs in their latest Premiership Rugby Cup match this afternoon.

Attwood returns from a ban, while another high-profile name back in the side is Piers Francis, who plays at inside centre.

Archie Stanley, Tom Doughty and Kieran Varden take their places in the front row, with Attwood and Ewan Richards at lock for the Blue, Black & Whites.

Wesley White is at number eight, with JJ Tonks and Ethan

Staddon on the flanks of the forward pack.

Tom Carr-Smith gets the nod in the number nine jersey, while recent Premiership debutant George Worboys is at ten.

Francis will work with Max Wright in the midfield, while homegrown youngster Sam Harris is at full-back, with the speed of Darren Atkins and Gabe Goss on the wings.

Arthur Cordwell, Will Spencer and Nahum Merigan are among the players on the bench.

Bath Rugby: S Harris; G Goss, M Wright, P Francis, D Atkins, G Worboys, T Carr-Smith; A Stanley, T Doughty, K Verden, D Attwood, E Richards,

JJ Tonks, E Staddon, W White. Replacements: J Stewart, A Cordwell, A Griffin, M Etete, W Spencer, M Lock, J Venter, N Merigan.