Both sides take the field in front of a massive crowd. 20,000 in attendance.

Hello and welcome to Ultimate Rugby's live coverage of this afternoon's premiership action as London Irish play host to Bath in Madejksi stadium. Bath stand at 3rd and will be looking to push for the play offs as the season approaches its end. They play today off the back of a heavy defeat to Saracens. They make 9 changes to the side that lost to Exeter in the LV cup with the likes of Peter Stringer and George Ford returning to the line up. Irish, standing at 10th will be looking for a big home victory having only won 1 game against Bath from the previous 8 encounters. Kick off is coming shortly so stay with us for live updates throughout.