• Bath head to France out of form after last week’s loss to Newcastle
• Mike Ford says game with European champions will ‘get juices flowing’Losing at Newcastle may not sound the ideal way to prepare for a match at the domestic of Toulon,the Champions Cup winners for the past three years, but the Bath head coach, or Mike Ford,believes last Saturdays reverse at Kingston Park has enhanced his side’s chances of becoming the first visiting team to win in the tournament at Stade Mayol.
Toulon enjoy won 25 of their past 29 European Cup matches, and while Bath enjoy made a behind start to the season they won in Toulouse and Montpellier last season on their way to the quarter-finals and believe they enjoy it in them to claim a hat-trick on Sunday. Related: England problems worsen after injuries to Dave Attwood and Ed Slater Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com