Bath v Leinster: Champions Cup preview
Last Updated: 21/11/15 5:59pm
Francois Louw will captain Bath when Leinster visit the Recreation Ground in the Champions Cup on Saturday.
The South African wears the No 7 jersey in his side's first home outing in Europe this season.
Matt Garvey and No 8 Leroy Houston make up the remainder of the back row as Dominic Day and Dave Attwood start in the second row. Up front, Nick Auterac and Henry Thomas start either side of hooker Rob Webber.
Chris Cook and George Ford are the half-back pairing for the enounter, while Kyle Eastmond and Ollie Devoto start together in midfield. Wings Matt Banahan and Semesa Rokoduguni make up the back three alongside full-back Anthony Watson.
Meanwhile, Leinster have made eight changes to the team that crashed to a record home defeat against Wasps last weekend.
Isa Nacewa returns from injury to captain the side from full-back, Dave Kearney slots in on the left wing while Fergus McFadden moves from outside centre to the back three.
Ben Te'o and Luke Fitzgerald start together in midfield for the second time this season after the pair missed the Wasps game.
Isaac Boss replaces Eoin Reddan at scrum-half and he joins Johnny Sexton in the half-backs as the Irish international once again starts in the No 10 jersey.
Cian Healy is preferred to Jack McGrath at loosehead and Sean Cronin comes in for Richardt Strauss.
Sean O'Brien is ruled out so Rhys Ruddock comes in to start at blindside with Jordi Murphy shifting to openside.
Sexton was left to reflect on the disappointment of a home loss to Wasps last weekend, but said the focus of the team is firmly on improving and getting a result against Bath.
"We've got to look at the game and see where we can go better," said Sexton. "A week is a long time in sport, and you're always judged on your last game.
"Hopefully we're in a different place this time next week. We're going to a tough place against a very good team."
"We've got to move on now. We've got a very short turnaround to Bath, and already our championship hangs on this game.
"We've got to show a reaction, we've got to be better with the ball. We've got to show everything we didn't show last week."
Bath: 15 Anthony Watson, 14 Semesa Rokoduguni, 13 Ollie Devoto, 12 Kyle Eastmond, 11 Matt Banahan, 10 George Ford, 9 Chris Cook; 1 Nick Auterac, 2 Rob Webber, 3 Henry Thomas, 4 Dominic Day, 5 Dave Attwood, 6 Matt Garvey, 7 Francois Louw (c), 8 Leroy Houston.
Replacements: 16 Ross Batty, 17 Nathan Catt, 18 Max Lahiff, 19 Stuart Hooper, 20 Alafoti Faosiliva, 21 Niko Matawalu, 22 Rhys Priestland, 23 Tom Homer.
Leinster: 15 Isa Nacewa (c), 14 Fergus McFadden, 13 Ben Te'o, 12 Luke Fitzgerald, 11 Dave Kearney, 10 Johnny Sexton, 9 Isaac Boss; 1 Cian Healy, 2 Sean Cronin, 3 Mike Ross, 4 Devin Toner, 5 Hayden Triggs, 6 Rhys Ruddock, 7 Jordi Murphy, 8 Jamie Heaslip.
Replacements: 16 James Tracy , 17 Jack McGrath , 18 Martin Moore , 19 Dominic Ryan , 20 Josh Van Der Flier, 21 Luke McGrath , 22 Ian Madigan, 23 Zane Kirchner.