By PAUL REES
Bath will pick their strongest available side at Exeter in Saturday’s Champions Cup last 16 with head coach Johann van Graan billing it as a massive game for the 1998 winners.
It is nine years since Bath last reached the knockout stages and as a former head coach of Munster, van Graan places a high value on the tournament.
“It is an incredible competition,” said van Graan. “It pitches the best teams in the league together and I grew to love it at Munster where the support home and away was unbelievable.
“It is a massive game for us because of the nine-year wait and we are look...
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