TREVOR DAVISON will make his 100th appearance for Newcastle Falcons in tomorrow afternoon's Gallagher Premiership game at Bath.

The 30-year-old was playing hooker for Blaydon's third team when Falcons forwards coach Micky Ward harnessed his propping potential, and he went on make a century of appearances for Blaydon before signing professionally with Falcons in 2017.

Earning a full England cap as well as becoming a Premiership regular, Davison forms part of a Falcons side looking for their fourth victory at Bath in their past five visits.

Argentina international Matias Orlando returns at centre in place of countryman Matias Moroni, with Ben Stevenson added to the right wing. Tom Penny captains the side from inside centre with Sam Stuart starting at scrum-half, having scored the decisive second try in last week’s home win over high-flying Sale Sharks.

Falcons field an unchanged pack from the one which started against Sale, with head coach Dave Walder relishing the prospect of a trip to the Rec.

He said: “Bath’s win at Kingston Park last month was a big moment in their season, and they’ve kicked on from there.

“We were disappointed that we didn’t play well that day but Bath took their chances, and they’ve taken confidence from it as you can see from their subsequent results. They’ve had some great wins and were unlucky away at Exeter last weekend, which is testament to how far they’ve come.

“Like ourselves they’ve got a new coaching set-up which takes time to bed in, but their results have improved recently, helped by an influx of players to their squad.

"When we had the sad news about Wasps and Worcester I’m sure most clubs made lists of the players they would want to bring in, and Bath were able to land pretty much the entire top four or five with the likes of Ollie Lawrence, Ted Hill, Alfie Barbeary and Fergus Lee-Warner to name just a few.

“It’s credit to them that they were able to go out into the market mid-season and land players of that quality, and it’s only natural that it’s had a beneficial impact on their results.

"They’re starting to see the fruits of their labours, as I would like to think we are with the game plan we have been putting in place.

“We’re only just starting our journey but we’re looking forward to going down to Bath, putting them under some pressure and getting a better result than the last time we played against them.

"The weather forecast isn’t great so we’ll have to roll up our sleeves, but we showed last week against Sale that we’re more than capable of doing that.”