Stuart Hooper hopes past French glories will assist Bath’s Toulon mission

• 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 home of Toulon, the Champions Cup winners for the past three years, but the Bath head coach, Mike Ford, believes last Saturday’s 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 have won 25 of their past 29 European Cup matches, and while Bath have made a slow start to the season they won i…

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