Fly-half Finn Russell limped off after 14 minutes with a groin injury in the defeat to Exeter at Sandy Park and head of rugby Johann van Graan says he will not be rushed back into action.
Bath, currently second in the Premiership table, face big games in the run-in against Exeter again at Sandy Park on Saturday week, followed by champions Saracens, Newcastle and leaders Northampton as they look to secure a play-off spot.
Inside centre Cameron Redpath was also injured and van Graan said: “It is a contact sport, a collision sport. It is not often you lose your 10, who is a very important playe...