Confident Bath have scores to settle

BATH Rugby arrive at the RDS grounds in Ballsbridge this evening with two scores to settle in the opening round of the Heineken European Cup campaign.
Confident Bath have scores to settle

Still smarting from losing both matches against Leinster last season, the Premiership side, in their current form and coming up against an injury-ravaged home outfit, are clearly very confident.

Leinster go into the game without captain Brian O’Driscoll, wing Denis Hickie, out-half Christian Warner, scrum-half, Guy Easterby, flanker Eric Miller and second-row Malcolm O’Kelly who, however, is included among the replacements. Few teams could be expected to prevail in such circumstances against a side of Bath’s undoubted quality but truth to tell, Michael Cheika’s side would have little chance even at full strength if they performed as poorly as they did against Munster at Musgrave Park on Sunday week last.

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