Bath hope to have Lawrence back before the new year

Ollie Lawrence missed England's final Test match of the autumn with a hamstring injury

Bath hope to have centre Ollie Lawrence available before the end 2025 after he picked up a hamstring injury while on England duty.

Lawrence started England's wins against Fiji and New Zealand but missed the final Test of the autumn against Argentina last weekend because of the injury.

Bath travel to Saracens on Sunday (15:00 GMT) in the first of three Prem matches between now and 3 January, while their Champions Cup campaign also starts against Munster on 6 December.

Head of rugby Johann van Graan said Lawrence will be a "few weeks away", while hooker Will Stuart also took a "bang" against Argentina with his fitness being monitored.

"I do foresee that he [Lawrence] will be back in play before we get to 2026 - I don't want to put a timeline on it but he could definitely be back involved if things go well before the end of 2025," Van Graan said.

Bath are also hopeful of seeing winger Will Muir on the pitch for the first time this season before the end of December.

Muir, who was Bath's top try scorer last season, has not played all campaign after having surgery on an ankle injury.

"Will Muir is back in some parts of training so he'll definitely play before the end of the year," Van Graan said.

"So is Alfie Barbeary. He got the hamstring injury against Bristol a few weeks ago, he's also back in certain bits of training so hopefully we see him before the end of the year."

Ojomoh used England opportunity 'very well'

Max Ojomoh scored a try and set up another for England in the win against Argentina

Van Graan was also full of praise for centre Max Ojomoh, who starred on his Twickenham debut for England last weekend, scoring a try and assisting another in a player of the match display against Argentina.

The 25-year-old was making only his second international appearance following his debut in the summer against the United States and put in a commanding performance in England's midfield.

"He fought his way into the English team I thought he did really well. [He had] some magic moments but I also thought he did the basics really well," Van Graan said.

Ojomoh sprinted clear and dived over with 10 minutes on the clock for his debut try and 14 minutes later, switched play with a cross field punt straight into the arms of Immanuel Feyi-Waboso who ran in and scored England's second.

"He played very well in that Test match both sides of the ball," Van Graan said.

"Sometimes you just need to get an opportunity and he waited for his opportunity and - I can only speak from what I saw - he used it very, very well, worked hard off the ball for his try.

"[I] can't tell you how many times has he kicked that kick in training. A sign of a good kick is Feyi Waboso didn't even have to break stride, he hit that absolutely perfectly."