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How to watch Bath Rugby v La Rochelle live on TV and full team news

-Credit: (Image: Reach Publishing Services Limited)
-Credit: (Image: Reach Publishing Services Limited)


Bath Rugby kick off their Investec Champions Cup campaign at home to La Rochelle on Friday night in an absolute monster clash to get this season's European competition underway.

Here are all the ways you can follow all the action this weekend...

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When is the game?

Bath Rugby v La Rochelle is being played on Friday, December 6 at the Recreation Ground.

What time is kick-off?

The kick-off time is at 8pm.

Is the game on TV or being streamed?

Yes. But another competition means another subscription service is required. All this season's Investec Champions Cup games will be shown live on Premier Sports which can either be streamed online or watched on Virgin TV, Amazon Prime or Sky Sports packages.

Today's game is being shown on Premier Sports 1, with coverage starting at 7pm.

Subscription costs from £10.99 a month, although if you sign-up for the annual subscription and use the discount code EPCR70 you can pay just £70 for the year. Sign up here.

Highlights will also be available on the Investec Champions Cup YouTube channel shortly after the game.

How else can I follow the game?

If you are not going to be inside the stadium, and even if you are, SomersetLive will be live blogging the match bringing you all the build-up, team news, live play-by-play match updates, reaction, stats, analysis, interviews and highlights from inside the ground.

Will there be live radio commentary of the match?

BBC Radio Somerset will also be providing live commentary of the game.

What's the team news?

Bath Rugby: 15. Tom de Glanville, 14. Joe Cokanasiga, 13. Cameron Redpath, 12. Will Butt, 11. Will Muir, 10. Finn Russell, 9. Ben Spencer (c), 1. Thomas du Toit, 2. Tom Dunn, 3. Will Stuart, 4. Quinn Roux, 5. Charlie Ewels, 6. Ted Hill, 7. Guy Pepper, 8. Miles Reid

Replacements: 16. Niall Annett, 17. Francois van Wyk, 18. Archie Griffin, 19. Ross Molony, 20. Josh Bayliss, 21. Louis Schreuder, 22. Max Ojomoh, 23. Jaco Coetzee

La Rochelle: 15. Brice Dulin, 14. Jack Nowell, 13. UJ Seuteni, 12. Jonathan Danty, 11. Dillyn Leyds, 10. Ihaia West, 9. Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 1. Reda Wardi, 2. Tolu Latu, 3. Uini Atonio, 4. Thomas Lavault, 5. Will Skelton, 6. Oscar Jegou, 7. Matthias Haddad, 8. Grégory Alldritt (c)

Replacements: 16. Quentin Lespiaucq, 17. Louis Penverne, 18. Georges-Henri Colombe, 19. Kane Douglas, 20. Levani Botia, 21. Thomas Berjon, 22. Hugo Reus, 23. Teddy Thomas

Who are the officials?

Referee: Andrew Brace (Ire)

Assistant Referees: Robbie Jenkinson (Ire) and Paul Haycock (Ire)

TMO: Olly Hodges (Ire)

Citing Commissioner: Beth Dickens (Sco)