Bath Rugby v Leicester Tigers: Team news, odds, what TV channel is it on?

Joe Heyes returns from England duty to start for Leicester Tigers against Bath on Saturday afternoon (3pm) Will Hurd will make his first appearance of the 21/22 league season if he arrives from the bench. Dan Cole is missing from a Tigers' Premiership matchday squad for the first time since May 2021. George Martin returns to the starting side at blindside flanker alongside Tommy Reffell and Jasper Wiese in the Tigers back row. Richard Wigglesworth and Freddie Burns are the starters at half-back, Dan Kelly and Guy Porter the midfield pairing, Nemani Nadolo, Harry Potter and Bryce Hegarty the back-three. Jack van Poortvliet, Matt Scott and Chris Ashton are replacement backs.

Replacements: Charlie Clare, James Whitcombe, Will Hurd, Calum Green, Hanro Liebenberg, Jack van Poortvliet, Matt Scott, Chris Ashton.

Bath Rugby v Leicester Tigers is on BT Sport 2HD at 3pm.

Bath Rugby v Leicester Tigers is on. SomersetLive is live blogging the match.

Bath Rugby v Leicester Tigers is on at 2pm on Friday.

Bath Rugby v Leicester Tigers is on on the TV channel "Rugby World". The referee is Karl Dickson.

Bath Rugby have won 10 of their last 11 home games against Leicester Tigers in the Premiership. Bath Rugby are looking to make it three successive home wins for the first time since December 2019 to February 2020. Leicester are aiming to record their 14th win of the season. Leicester have the highest tackle success rate and the lowest try-scoring percentage in this season's Premiership (83.6%). They have also the second lowest scorers (52). The full-back Tom de Glanville ranks second in Premiership this year for carry meters (933) and break assist passes (8).