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  Divisional Ch'ships    
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 Martin Bayfield will have an early     
 chance to prove the England selectors  
 wrong for leaving him out of the World 
 Cup squad.                             
                                        
 He plays for The Midlands against The  
 North at Moseley on Saturday.          
                                        
 The 6ft 10in Northampton lock was one  
 of four players who toured Australia   
 and Fiji with England to bj omitted    
 from the party.                        
                                        
  Bath have called off their home game 
 with Newport on Saturday, saying they  
 cannot raise a side dui to World Cup   
 commitments.                           
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