Team Bath select mix of returning players and debutants for first BUCS Super Rugby match of 2021-22 season at Leeds Beckett

Team Bath men’s 1st XV return to BUCS Super Rugby action for the first time in 575 days this afternoon as they visit Leeds Beckett for the first game of the 2021-22 season.

A mix of Super League debutants and experienced players have been named in the Rengen-sponsored match-day 23 for the match at Headingley Campus (2pm kick-off).

Ed Ashcroft will skipper the visitors, with co-captain George Cave among the replacements ready to make an impact from the bench.

Click here to see a full 2021-22 BUCS Super Rugby fixture list, whose first home match at the Team Bath Sports Training Village is against local rivals Hartpury on Wednesday 6th October (6.30pm kick-off, free to watch).