Montpellier out to break their duck
Montpellier are still looking for their first victory in this season’s Heineken Cup and will be looking for that win when they play host to Bath at the Stade Yves du Manoir.
The French side, who are in only their second season of top flight European rugby and reached last season’s Top 14 Final, have lost all four of their Pool games and cannot qualify for the quarterfinals.
Montpellier have failed to win their previous two home games against Leinster and Glasgow and will be looking to put that right against a Bath side which has only managed a solitary victory during this campaign.
Both sides are playing for pride with Leinster in pole position to qualify for the last eight of the Heineken Cup and Glasgow in second spot the Pool.
The teams:
Montpellier: 15 J-B Peyras Loustalet, 14 Timoci Nagusa, 13 Geoffrey Doumayrou, 12 Thomas Combezou, 11 Pierre Bérard, 10 Santiago Fernandez, 9 Benoit Paillaugue, 8 Masi Matadigo, 7 Rémy Martin, 6 Vassili Bost, 5 Joe Tuineau, 4 Mickael Demarco, 3 Maximiliano Bustos, 2 Mickael Ladhuie, 1 Mikheil Nariashvili.
Replacements: 16 Joan Caudullo, 17 Na’ama Leleimalefaga, 18 Kevin Kervarec, 19 Drickus Hancke, 20 Alex Tulou, 21 Julien Tomas, 22 Yoan Audrin, 23 Martin Bustos Moyano.
Bath: 15 Nick Abendanon, 14 Olly Woodburn, 13 Dan Hipkiss, 12 Matt Banahan, 11 Tom Biggs, 10 Tom Heathcote, 9 Michael Claassens, 8 Simon Taylor, 7 Francois Louw (captain), 6 Ben Skirving, 5 Ryan Caldwell, 4 Dave Attwood, 3 David Wilson, 2 Ross Batty, 1 Charlie Beech.
Replacements: 16 Pieter Dixon, 17 David Flatman, 18 Anthony Perenise, 19 Andy Beattie, 20 Guy Mercer, 21 Chris Cook, 22 Sam Vesty.
Date: Saturday, January 14
Venue: Stade Yves du Manoir, Montpellier
Kick-off: 14.00 (13.00 GMT)
Referee: Dudley Phillips (Ireland)
Assistant referees: David Wilkinson (Ireland), David Keane (Ireland)
