FridayBath v Leicester Tigers7.45pm, BT Sport 1
Remember the Leicester Tigers? Well, after 26 days away, they are back in Premiership action, and what awaits the champions? A trip to the Rec to face the blue, black and white winning machine that is Bath for this week’s Friday Night Lights. There is little point in the Tigers even getting off that bus.
And why is that? Well the last time Leicester took to the field in the Premiership, Bath were bottom of the table and winless; now Johan van Graan’s giants are hunting a third consecutive victory.
After beating Northampton in round eight, Bath won at Kingston Park for a third consecutive season to climb up the table. Ted Hill, and his brutish
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