Bath not asked Scots trio for Edinburgh insight

Finn Russell and Cameron Redpath are two of three Scottish internationals at Bath

European Challenge Cup semi-final: Edinburgh v Bath

Where: Hive Stadium, Edinburgh When: Saturday, 3 May Time: 15:00 BST

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Bath have not asked their Scottish players for any insight on their national team-mates says Johann van Graan, ahead of Saturday's Challenge Cup semi-final with Edinburgh.

The Premiership leaders head to Scotland's capital with a place in the European final in Cardiff on 23 May at stake.

Bath have three Scotland regulars - fly-half Finn Russell, centre Cameron Redpath and back-row Josh Bayliss - among their squad.

"We just keep to what we believe in and the way that we want to play. We haven't asked any specific questions around the Edinburgh team," Van Graan told BBC Radio Bristol.

"I know Gregor [Townsend, Scotland head coach] very well, I know Franco [Smith, Glasgow head coach] very well, and I know Sean [Everitt, Edinburgh head coach] very well - a good rugby friend of mine.

"But we've just stuck to what we believe in and let Finn, Josh and Cam focus on the way that we want to play.

"Huge respect for Edinburgh and Scottish rugby but the focus has been on us this week."

Bath are 15 points clear at the top of the Premiership with three matches left and have secured a home semi-final in the play-offs next month.

They have also already clinched one trophy this season after winning the Premiership Rugby Cup in February, as they chase a treble.

Van Graan has made 10 changes in all from the side which thumped Newcastle 55-19 win last week, when he rested a glut of frontline operators.

Returning to the backline are full-back Tom de Glanville, wings Joe Cokanasiga and Will Muir, plus half-backs Russell and Ben Spencer.

Up front, Ben Obano, Tom Dunn and Thomas Du Toit come into the front row, with Guy Pepper and Miles Reid starting in the back row and Ted Hill and Alfie Barbeary on the bench.

While Bath have played Edinburgh in pre-season warm-ups in recent years, Van Graan is expecting a different experience this weekend.

"They've played really well at home, they've got a very different pitch to what we're used to," he added.

"We're in a knock-out position now and whoever is the winner in this game gets to the final in Cardiff in a few weeks' time.

"Lots on the line and that's why we coach, that's why we play, that's why we support, is for big games and this certainly counts as a big game."

Bath: De Glanville; Cokanasiga, Redpath, Butt, Muir; Russell, Spencer; Obano, Dunn, Du Toit, Roux, Ewels, Pepper, Underhill, Reid.

Replacements: Annett, Van Wyk, Stuart, Molony, Hill, Schreuder, Donoghue, Barbeary.