Bath are bracing themselves to lose Taulupe Faletau to Wales after he continued his impressive return from a seven-month injury lay-off.
The 31-year-old back row forward showed up well as he played the full 80 minutes in a narrow 24-20 defeat to Premiership leaders Leicester at The Rec.
That followed the 64 minutes he had against Wasps last weekend, on his first outing since last summer’s Lions tour of South Africa, following an ankle injury.
