Bath v Leeds: Teams
World Cup winner Andy Gomarsall is set to make his final outing for Leeds at one of his former clubs when they to Bath on Saturday.
Last Updated: 08/05/10 5:26pm
England World Cup winner Andy Gomarsall is set to make his final appearance for Leeds Carnegie at former club Bath on Saturday.
Gomarsall joined Leeds last summer from Harlequins on a one-year contract and is to leave the club having helped them retain their place in the Guinness Premiership.
Saturday's game will be his first start since making his 200th Premiership appearance at Sale in February.
Gomersall played for Bath back in 1998, making two league appearances.
The Leeds side also includes Erik Lund, who will be leaving the club to join Biarritz next season.
Alex Moreno starts on the bench in what could be his final appearance before retirement, while Joe Ford and Henry Paul could also make their last appearances for the club this weekend.
Style
Meanwhile, Bath head coach Steve Meehan is hoping to win "in style" at the Rec.
"I hope that we get a decent day for the match," he said.
"Obviously our first objective is to win the game, but we would like to do it in style and in the same form that the team have been playing in recently.
"It is especially important to us in front of the home supporters because they have been very good to us over the course of this season."
Bath's strong run of form during 2010 which has pushed them into a play-off place climaxed with their 35-19 victory against Wasps at Twickenham a fortnight ago.
"It couldn't have gone any better," admitted Meehan. "It was an exceptional period for the players over those eight days and to come in and win that last game in the fashion they did at Twickenham was magnificent.
"A lot of thanks and credit has got to go to the medical and strength and conditioning team because they did a great job in between matches for our guys."
Bath: 15 Nick Abendanon, 14 Joe Maddock, 13 Shontayne Hape, 12 Olly Barkley, 11 Matt Banahan, 10 Butch James, 9 Michael Claassens (c), 8 Luke Watson, 7 Julian Salvi, 6 Andy Beattie, 5 Danny Grewcock, 4 Stuart Hooper, 3 David Wilson, 2 Lee Mears, 1 David Flatman.
Replacements: 16 Pieter Dixon, 17 Nathan Catt, 18 Aaron Jarvis, 19 Peter Short, 20 Ben Skirving, 21 Mike Baxter, 22 Ryan Davis, 23 Matt Carraro.
Leeds:15 Jon Goodridge, 14 Richard Welding, 13 Luther Burrell, 12 Seru Rabeni, 11 Lee Blackett, 10 Ceiron Thomas, 9 Andy Gomarsall, 8 Alfie To'oala, 7 Rhys Oakley, 6 Kearnan Myall, 5 Marco Wentzel (c), 4 Erik Lund, 3 Juan Gomez, 2 Andy Titterrell, 1 Mike Macdonald.
Replacements:16 Alex Moreno, 17 Gareth Hardy, 18 Phil Swainston, 19 Tom Denton, 20 Jon Pendlebury, 21 Scott Mathie, 22 Joe Ford, 23 Henry Paul.