{"id":484309,"date":"2026-03-19T16:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/484309\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T16:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:53:08","slug":"team-news-bath-rugby-vs-saracens-men-prl-r11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/484309\/","title":{"rendered":"TEAM NEWS | Bath Rugby Vs Saracens Men (PRL R11)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDirector of Rugby, Mark McCall is excited by the prospect of the Gallagher PREM returning this Friday night as Saracens head to title holders Bath at the Recreation Ground.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"175\" data-end=\"379\">In the first of two huge domestic fixtures rounding off March, Sarries travel to the West Country for a big clash under the lights ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eticketing.co.uk\/saracens\/EDP\/Event\/Index\/413?position=3\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Showdown VI at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Saturday 28 March.<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"381\" data-end=\"643\">McCall makes seven changes from the side that last ran out in Gallagher PREM action nearly two months ago in North London. That includes an all-new front row, with Eroni Mawi and Marcus Street starting either side of Theo Dan in an explosive trio at the scrum.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"645\" data-end=\"914\">The engine room remains unchanged, with Nick Isiekwe and Hugh Tizard continuing at lock. Theo McFarland provides added lineout presence at blindside flanker, with Juan Martin Gonzalez shifting to openside and Tom Willis rounding off a formidable pack at number eight.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"916\" data-end=\"1436\">Ivan Van Zyl captains the side and partners Owen Farrell, who returns to playing duties after coaching the squad during the PREM Rugby Cup period. An all-international midfield combination of Nick Tompkins and Lucio Cinti lines up in the centres. Rotimi Segun keeps his place on the left wing, while Tobias Elliott makes his first Gallagher PREM appearance of the season on the opposite wing after recovering from a hamstring injury. Elliot Daly returns from Six Nations duty to start at fullback for the Men in Black.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1438\" data-end=\"1531\">On the bench, Ben Earl returns to Sarries action following a standout Six Nations campaign.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1533\" data-end=\"1833\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\u201cWe have three big games to kick off this block, starting on Friday night against the current champions Bath, which is something to be really excited about. We have trained well this week, giving us the best opportunity to start strongly and build momentum heading into an important set of fixtures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saracens Men&#8217;s team to play Bath Rugby:<\/p>\n<p>1 Eroni Mawi<\/p>\n<p>2 Theo Dan<\/p>\n<p>3 Marcus Street<\/p>\n<p>4 Nick Isiekwe<\/p>\n<p>5 Hugh Tizard<\/p>\n<p>6 Theo McFarland<\/p>\n<p>7 Juan Martin Gonzalez<\/p>\n<p>8 Tom Willis<\/p>\n<p>9 Ivan Van Zyl (c)<\/p>\n<p>10 Owen Farrell<\/p>\n<p>11 Rotimi Segun<\/p>\n<p>12 Nick Tompkins<\/p>\n<p>13 Lucio Cinti<\/p>\n<p>14 Tobias Elliott<\/p>\n<p>15 Elliot Daly<\/p>\n<p>Replacements:<\/p>\n<p>16 James Hadfield<\/p>\n<p>17 Alex O&#8217;Driscoll<\/p>\n<p>18 Marco Riccioni<\/p>\n<p>19 Andy Onyeama-Christie<\/p>\n<p>20 Ben Earl<\/p>\n<p>21 Gareth Simpson<\/p>\n<p>22 Fergus Burke<\/p>\n<p>23 Max Malins<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eticketing.co.uk\/saracens\/EDP\/Event\/Index\/413?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=newsarticle&amp;utm_campaign=tickeing_showdown6_2026_feb&amp;utm_term=newspagegraphic\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Buy tickets for the next match\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/next-match-banner.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Director of Rugby, Mark McCall is excited by the prospect of the Gallagher PREM returning this Friday night&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484310,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-484309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}