Bath Rugby face a make or break game in the 2024/25 Investec Champions Cup on Sunday when French giants ASM Clermont Auvergne come to the Recreation Ground.
The Blue, Black and White lost their opening two games in Europe, going down 20-24 in the pouring rain to two-time winners La Rochelle at the Rec before a changed up side were narrowly beaten 22-21 in Italy by Benetton to leave them sitting fifth in Pool 2 in need of a victory if they want to progress to the last 16 knockout stages with a trip to Leinster still to come.
Speaking to SomersetLive, Bath head of rugby Johann van Graan said: “We haven’t spoken about the word knockout really. We identified after the Benetton game that this is a must-win game for us in this competition. But it’s such a long season that we are consistent in our approach, so we are not going to do anything different this week.”
Here are all the ways you can follow all the action from the third pool stage game…
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When is the game?
Bath Rugby v ASM Clermont Auvergne is being played on Sunday, January 12 at the Recreation Ground.
What time is kick-off?
The kick-off time is at 5.30pm UK time.
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 2, with coverage starting at 5.15pm.
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. Ollie Lawrence, 12. Max Ojomoh, 11. Ruaridh McConnochie, 10. Finn Russell, 9. Ben Spencer (c), 1. Beno Obano, 2. Tom Dunn, 3. Thomas du Toit, 4. Quinn Roux, 5. Charlie Ewels, 6. Ted Hill, 7. Miles Reid, 8. Alfie Barbeary
Replacements: 16. Niall Annett, 17. Francois van Wyk, 18. Will Stuart, 19. Ross Molony, 20. Josh Bayliss, 21. Louis Schreuder, 22. Orlando Bailey, 23. Ethan Staddon
ASM Clermont Auvergne : 15. Alex Newsome, 14. Bautista Delguy, 13. Pierre Fouyssac, 12. Irae Simone, 11. Lucas Tauzin, 10. Anthony Belleau, 9. Baptiste Jauneau, 1. Giorgi Akhaladze, 2. Folau Fainga’a, 3. Regis Montagne, 4. Rob Simmons, 5. Peceli Yato, 6. Killian Tixeront, 7. Marcos Kremer, 8. Fritz Lee (c)
Replacements: 16. Etienne Fourcade, 17. Sacha Lotrian, 18. Michael Ala’alatoa, 19. Thomas Ceyte, 20. Oskar Rixen, 21. Sebastien Bezy, 22. Theo Giral, 23. Alivereti Raka
Who are the officials?
Referee : Chris Busby (Ire)
Assistant referees: Andrew Cole (Ire) and Andrew Fogarty (Ire)
TMO : Mark Patton (Ire)