Premiership Rugby : News : Seven debutants on parade for Leeds Carnegie

Wasps secured a home quarter final in the Amlin Challenge Cup with a comfortable bonus-point victory over French side Bordeaux-Begles in Pool Three at Adams Park.

Edinburgh advanced to the knockout stage of the Heineken Cup for the first time in eight years when they produced some scintillating rugby to sweep aside a London Irish side that offered little in an attacking sense at Murrayfield.

Exeter Chiefs claimed a historic Amlin Challenge Cup victory over European giants Perpignan to claim their first appearance in a European quarter-final in style.

There are five new faces in the starting line up. In the pack Argentinean born prop Miguel Alonso will start at loosehead whilst former Bath number eight Daniel Browne will come up against his old club.

There is another former Bath man in the backline in full back Michael Stephenson, with both having made the move from the Recreation Ground during the summer.

Australian international Lachlan MacKay will start at inside centre whilst dual code Fiji Test winger Semi Tadulala is on the wing.

The other two debutants will make their first appearance off the bench in Steve Thompson and Warren Fury.

The two teams met on the final day of last season when Bath ran out comfortable winners at the Recreation Ground. However the meeting at Headingley Carnegie earlier in the season was a much closer affair with Michael Stephenson scoring the winner for Bath in a 15-20 win.

The squad in full is;
15. Michael Stephenson
14. Lee Blackett
13. Luther Burrell
12. Lachlan MacKay
11. Semi Tadulala
10. Ceiron Thomas
9. Scott Mathie

1. Miguel Alonso
2. Andy Titterrell
3. Juan Gomez
4. Tom Denton
5. Marco Wentzel (c)
6. Kearnan Myall
7. Hendre Fourie
8. Daniel Browne

16. Steve Thompson
17. Gareth Hardy
18. Phil Swainston
19. Alfie To'oala
20. Rhys Oakley
21. Warren Fury
22. Scott Barrow
23. Leigh Hinton

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