Return: Freddie Burns, here playing for Leicester, is back with home town club Bath

KAHN Fotuali’ i was Bath’ s most important player last season in Todd Blackadder’ s opinion. That’ s some accolade when, at 35, you are deep in veteran territory as a scrum-half, the most demanding legs-and-lungs position on the pitch.
Bath’ s Kiwi rugby director is unstinting of his praise for the Samoan international, who he believes played a crucial role in securing the fifth place Premiership finish in May which has brought European Cup rugby back to the Rec...