Bath's crunch Premiership derby clash with old rivals Gloucester on Saturday is an 8,200 sell-out.

The match, which kicks off at 2.15pm, is a crucial one for both sides with the in-form Cherry & Whites chasing Leicester at the top of the table and Bath struggling at the bottom.

Meanwhile, fly-half Mike Catt was yesterday presented with a magnum of champagne at the Rec after winning the Zurich Premiership Player of the Month Award.

Catt was nominated by a 10-strong panel from the media despite playing just one Premiership match for his club in the last two months.

The South African-born ace may again be called on to wear the captain's armband, if Dan Lyle doesn't recover from a hamstring twinge sustained when playing for the USA against the Springboks last weekend.

n American Dan Dorsey has staked his claim for a contract with Bath after making his Test debut against South Africa last weekend.

Prop Dorsey, 23, arrived earlier at the Rec this season as an amateur, making a substitute bow in the heavy league defeat at Bristol last month.

But he was unable to work in this country until he had an international cap to his credit, something he achieved with another substitute appearance against the Springboks in Hoston.

Bath may now decide to offer him a proldeal.