OLLIE Lawrence will make his first appearance in a Bath shirt since returning from the Rugby World Cup with England this weekend when taking on Gloucester at Kingsholm in the Gallagher Premiership.

Lawrence, who played in every game for England out in France, comes straight into a back-line that includes Scotland and British and Irish Lions fly-half Finn Russell.

Former Worcester player Fergus Lee-Warner is also starting, whilst the incredibly popular figure of Niall Annett is amongst the replacements for Bath. 

As for Gloucester, there is a former Warrior included in their squad, with Seb Atkinson starting in the midfield alongside Scotland's Chris Harris. 

Atkinson and Lawrence played alongside one another during their time at Sixways, with both coming through the Academy at Worcester.

Bath Rugby: 1 Beno Obano, 2 Tom Dunn, 3 Will Stuart, 4 Fergus Lee-Warner, 5 Charlie Ewels, 6 Miles Reid, 7 Sam Underhill, 8 Alfie Barbeary, 9 Ben Spencer ©, 10 Finn Russell, 11 Will Muir, 12 Max Ojomoh, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 15 Tom de Glanville

Replacements: 16 Niall Annett, 17 Juan Schoeman, 18 Thomas du Toit, 19 Josh McNally, 20 Jaco Coetzee, 21 Tom Carr-Smith, 22 Sam Harris, 23 Matt Gallagher

Gloucester: 15 Santi Carreras, 14 Jonny May, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Seb Atkinson, 11 Ollie Thorley, 10 George Barton, 9 Stephen Varney; 1 Mayco Vivas, 2 George McGuigan, 3 Fraser Balmain, 4 Freddie Clarke, 5 Matias Alemanno, 6 Jack Clement, Lewis Ludlow, 8 Albert Tuisue.

Replacements: 16 Santi Socino, 17 Jamal Ford-Robinson, 18 Kirill Gotovtsev, 19 Freddie Thomas, 20 Ben Donnell, 21 Micky Young, 22 Max Llewellyn, 23 Louis Rees-Zammit.