Bath: A steady contender for middle place in the Aviva Premiership season
LAST SEASON: Premiership 7th; Amlin Challenge Cup quarter-final.
COACH: Mike Ford.
CAPTAIN: Stuart Hooper.
BEST SIGNING: Matt Garvey (ex-London Irish). In the long slog of the Premiership, here is a resilient back rower capable of doing a job over the full nine months.
KEY PLAYER: Francois Louw. Bath have consciously stepped away from overseas identities who deliver little, but the Springbok breakaway is a brilliant exception.
PREDICTION: 6th.