FRANCOIS Louw will captain Bath for their Aviva Premiership trip to Northampton Saints tomorrow (kick-off 3.15pm).

Louw will lead from the openside flank at Franklin’s Gardens, alongside blindside Matt Garvey and number eight David Denton.

The last time the trio featured together in the back row was in Bath’s away victory against Wasps in mid-December.

Charlie Ewels and Dave Attwood will look to continue their successful partnership in the second row, with two wins from two starts together this season. Up front, David Wilson comes in at tighthead, with Rob Webber at hooker and Nathan Catt at loosehead.

In the backs, Rhys Priestland is named at fly-half, having been deployed at fullback in his last two outings, with Chris Cook partnering him at scrum-half.

Anthony Watson returns to action at full-back, with Jeff Williams another new face in the back line –he makes his second Premiership start of the season – opposite fellow wing Matt Banahan.

Last week’s try-scorer Ollie Devoto is paired in the midfield with outside centre Jonathan Joseph.

Bath: 15. Anthony Watson, 14. Jeff Williams, 13. Jonathan Joseph, 12. Ollie Devoto, 11. Matt Banahan, 10. Rhys Priestland, 9. Chris Cook, 1. Nathan Catt, 2. Rob Webber, 3. David Wilson, 4. Charlie Ewels, 5. Dave Attwood, 6. Matt Garvey, 7. Francois Louw (captain), 8. David Denton.

Replacements: 16. Tom Dunn, 17. Nick Auterac, 18. Max Lahiff, 19. Dominic Day, 20. Leroy Houston, 21. Will Homer, 22. George Ford, 23. Max Clark.