Bath centre Joseph to hit 50 against Toulon

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Jonathan Joseph will make his 50th appearance for on Sunday as they travel to for their rescheduled match.
The match, which was due to take place in the opening round of the competition on November 13, was postponed following the terror attacks.
While star Joseph will reach the landmark in the backline, Bath also see the return of captain Stuart Hooper in the second row.
In the front row, Nick Auterac (loosehead), Rob Webber (hooker) and David Wilson (tighthead) start together for the second time this season while Matt Garvey, Francois Louw and Leroy Houston reform the same back row that helped beat .
Chris Cook and are at half-backs with Kyle Eastmond and Joseph outside them. For the sixth time this season, wings Matt Banahan and Semesa Rokoduguni and full-back Anthony Watson form the back three.
Toulon: James O’Connor; Josua Tuisova, Mathieu Bastareaud, Ma’a Nonu, Bryan Habana; Quade Cooper, Eric Escande; Florian Fresia, Guilhem Guirado, Levan Chilachava; Jocelino Suta, Konstantine Mikautadze ; Juan Smith, Juan Fernandez Lobbe, Duane Vermeulen.
Replacements: Anthony Etrillard, Xavier Chiocci, Matt Stevens, Steffon Armitage, Frederic Michalak, Maxime Mermoz, Sebastien Tillous-Borde, Thibault Lassale.
Bath: Anthony Watson; Semesa Rokoduguni, Jonathan Joseph, Kyle Eastmond, Matt Banahan; George Ford, Chris Cook; Nick Auterac, Rob Webber, David Wilson; Stuart Hooper (Capt.), Dominic Day; Matt Garvey, Francois Louw, Leroy Houston.
Replacements: Ross Batty, Max Lahiff, Henry Thomas, Charlie Ewels, David Denton, Jonathan Evans, Rhys Priestland, Tom Homer.
 

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