Bath Rugby coach Steve Meehan is anticipating another close contest in the Guinness Premiership semi-final against Leicester Tigers at the Walkers Stadium on Saturday (3pm).

"When you get to this stage, both sides would hope to be in striking distance of a win with 10 minutes to go, so we will see what happens,” said Meehan.

“It could literally go down to the bounce of the ball or the referee's decision.

“This is a great challenge. You have to play well to win. The fact that it's Leicester is probably a good thing in many ways and it's a good focus for us. Both teams know each other very well and that recent experience at the Walkers Stadium is going to help us."

Bath Rugby:
15 Nick Abendanon
14 Joe Maddock
13 Alex Crockett (c)
12 Shontayne Hape
11 Matt Banahan
10 Ryan Davis
9 Michael Claassens
1 David Flatman
2 Lee Mears
3 Duncan Bell
4 Justin Harrison
5 Peter Short
6 Andy Beattie
7 James Scaysbrook
8 Stuart Hooper

Replacements
16 Pieter Dixon
17 David Barnes
18 Paulica Ion
19 Jonny Faamatuainu
20 Scott Bemand
21 Shaun Berne
22 Andrew Higgins