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Bath v Newcastle
Venue: Recreation Ground Date: Saturday, 21 March Kick-off: 1330
Michael Lipman returns to captain Bath after eight weeks out with concussion suffered against Toulouse.
Michael Claassens suffered a hamstring injury in training and missed out.
Jonny Wilkinson's latest Newcastle comeback has been delayed after he suffered a minor setback in his recuperation from a dislocated knee.
Falcons have made just one change from the side that beat Harlequins - Geoff Parling comes in to the second row for Mark Sorenson.
Bath: Abendanon; Maddock, Crockett, Berne, Banahan; James, Bemand; Flatman, Hawkins, Bell, Harrison, Hooper; Beattie, Lipman, Browne.
Replacements: Lilley, Jarvis, Faamatuainu, Scaysbrook, Baxter, Cheeseman, Stephenson.
Newcastle: Tait; Visser, Noon, Tu'ipulotu, Fenby; May, Young; Golding, Vickers, Hayman, Swinson, Parling; Dowson, B. Wilson, Balding.
Replacements: Thompson, Ward, Sorenson, Winter, Charlton, Davey, Jones.
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