Today's teams

Bath Rugby team to face Pau

15. Tom Homer
14. Semesa Rokoduguni
13. Jonathan Joseph
12. Matt Banahan
11. Aled Brew
10. Rhys Priestland
9. Kahn Fotuali’i
1. Nick Auterac
2. Tom Dunn
3. Kane Palma-Newport
4. Luke Charteris
5. Elliott Stooke
6. Tom Ellis
7. Guy Mercer ( c )
8. Leroy Houston

Replacements

16. Michael van Vuuren
17. Max Lahiff
18. Shaun Knight
19. Charlie Ewels
20. Matt Garvey ( c )
21. Chris Cook
22. Dan Bowden
23. Jeff Williams

Not available for selection: Ross Batty, Max Clark, David Denton, Taulupe Faletau, Francois Louw, Niko Matawalu, David Sisi, Jack Walker, Anthony Watson

Pau:
15 Romain Buros
14 Marvin Lestremeau
13 Santiago Fernandez
12 Watisoni Votu
11 Mosese Ratuvou
10 Brandon Fajardo
9 Thibault Daubagna
1 Jérémy Hurou
2 Quentin Lespiaucq Brettes
3 Matthew Tierney
4 Abdellatif Boutaty
5 Daniel Ramsay (capt)
6 Pierrick Gunther
7 Sean Dougall
8 Ben Mowen
16 Lucas Rey
17 Geoffrey Moise
18 Malik Hamadache
19 Masalosalo Tutaia
20 Giovanni Habel Kuffner
21 Thierry Lacrampe
22 Pierre Dupouy
23 Bastien Pourailly


Date: Saturday, October 15
Venue: Stade du Hameau, Pau
Kick-off: 20:45 Local (18:45)
Referee: Ian Davies (Wales)

Form: This will be the first meeting between the clubs in the Challenge Cup, however, they have met in the European Cup previously. Bath beat the Top 14 side in the semi-finals on their way to winning the competition in 1997/98. Bath's last appearance in the Challenge Cup came in the 2013/14 season when they lost in the final to Northampton Saints having won all eight games on the run in. Bath have won all 24 of their pool games in the Challenge Cup. The only time they have lost a match before the quarter-final stage was in 2002/03 when they lost the first leg of a Round two fixture against Bridgend. Pau won just 23 turnovers in last season's competition, fewer than any other side. Pau are three tries away from scoring their 250th in European competition, 156 of their previous 247 have come in the Challenge Cup.


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