All posts tagged "Bath"
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoRing-fenced cup with weakened teams is turn off
LAST weekend’s match report on Gloucester v Bath in the Premiership Cup is headed ‘Bath’s second string destroyed in record defeat...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoIreland v All Blacks is rugby’s new rivalry
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST Rugby is defined by its great rivalries: Bath- Leicester and Llanelli-Swansea back in the amateur days; Martyn...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoDiamond arrival is good news for Ashton
By JON NEWCOMBE STEVE DIAMOND’s reputation for getting wayward characters back on the straight and narrow could save Chris Ashton’s Worcester...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoLobbe confident Pumas can make history
NEWS EXTRA By ALEX BYWATER ARGENTINA legend and current Jaguares head coach Carlos Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe believes the Pumas can cause...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoPremiership highlights show set for Welsh makeover
By STEFFAN THOMAS THE Gallagher Premiership is set to hit Welsh language television with S4C poised to show highlights of English...
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Autumn Internationals
/ 4 years agoIce-cool Priestland provide Wales with
By PETER JACKSON Wales ................29pts Tries: Elias 23, Tompkins 48 Conversions: Biggar 24, 48 Penalties: Biggar 6, 16, 38, 65; Priestland...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoTigers join the battle to sign Pollard
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER On the move: Pollard LEICESTER Tigers are locked in a battle to sign Springbok...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoSaracens want Obano to link up with cousin Maro
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Wanted list: Beno Obano SARACENS have lined up a move for Maro Itoje’s cousin...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoTigers sure they can fend off Shark attack on Ford
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER LEICESTER Tigers are confident of keeping George Ford at Welford Road next season despite...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoGustard tops Bath defensive wish list
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER In Italy: Paul Gustard BATH are looking for a new defensive coach and have...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoBath’s second string are destroyed in record defeat to Gloucester
By ROGER PANTING Gloucester ........71pts Tries: B Morgan 8, 39, 43; Moyle 13, Ludlow 27, Ackerman 34, Davidson 41, Balmain 48,...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoGleave off to Dallas
RUGBY SHORTS HOOKER Todd Gleave has left Gloucester to join American Major League Rugby side Dallas Jackals. Gleave, 26, joined Gloucester...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoSharks pursue Ford to replace Bristol-bound AJ
SALE Sharks are chasing Leicester fly-half George Ford following AJ MacGinty’s decision to join Bristol next season. Ford, right, is the...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoHowieson using League wisdom to spur Tigers
By JON NEWCOMBE SHEFFIELD Tigers DoR Jack Howieson is trying to implement a hybrid brand of rugby that takes the best...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoDiamond spotted twice in the West Country
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER STEVE Diamond was spotted by Blindside spies twice in the West Country over the...
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoInjury-free Ford heaps more pain on Bath
By ROB WILDMAN Leicester ..........40pts Tries: Dolly 10, Scott 27, Ford 57, Cowan-Dickie 80 Conversions: Ford 10, 27, 57, 80 Penalties:...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoNot even a bonus point for Hooper
STERN-FACED Stuart Hooper admitted he was thoroughly frustrated by Bath’s latest defeat. “We are leaving here with nothing,” he said. Defeat...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoFar East life rekindles Freddie’s rugby fire
By JON NEWCOMBE AFTER his career hit an all-time low at Bath, Freddie Burns says playing in Japan’s Second Division helped...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoEducation key in bid to diversify coaching says Khan
NEWS EXTRA By TOM SANSOM LONDON Scottish backs coach Ricky Khan has called for better education, and creating young leaders in...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 4 years agoDiamond’s back looking for club
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER STEVE Diamond is ready to make his return to the Premiership and become rugby’s...
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Features
/ 4 years agoTOM CARR-SMITH
YOUNG GUNS BATH SCRUM-HALF BATH’S problems at scrum-half this season have presented unexpected opportunities for Tom Carr-Smith to travel away and...
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Features
/ 4 years agoKnee agony for Obano
RUGBY SHORTS BATH prop Beno Obano is facing a long spell on the sidelines after rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament in...
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Features
/ 4 years agoHayden and Co rehearsed their deception
Paul Rees reveals the lengths to which the All Blacks went to avoid defeat by Wales in 1978 It was an...
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International Rugby
/ 4 years agoIs This the End for the Vunipolas In an England Shirt?
Eddie Jones has swung the axe in controversial fashion ahead of England‘s Autumn Series games against South Africa, Australia and Tonga....
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Premiership
/ 4 years agoPreview: McNally relishing re-branded Rec style
PREVIEW... Bath v Saracens Today. Kick-off 3pm, The Rec FIT-AGAIN lock Josh McNally has welcomed the transformation in Bath’s style as...
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Latest News
/ 4 years agoCall up for Young is common sense now
SHANE WILLIAMS WALES AND LIONS LEGEND Heading home: Wasps flanker Thomas Young deserves his call up to Wales squad PICTURE: Getty...
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Features
/ 4 years agoDawe: It’s all about everyone working as a team
GRAHAM Dawe’s links with Bath remain intact, not least because as head coach of Wellington RFC, the Somerset club promoted recently...
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Features
/ 5 years agoMartin Johnson interview: Borthwick is reviving Tigers – my mission is to save lives
Alot is made of the advantage England enjoy over most of their rivals in terms of player numbers, commercial clout and...
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Features
/ 5 years agoHard to replicate those post-war halcyon days
Brendan Gallagher continues his series looking at rugby’s great schools RUGBY success at Christ’s Hospital School over the decades has been...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoStuart Hooper heartened by young Bath talent
BATH director of rugby Stuart Hooper was bemused by some decisions: “At some of the scrums, arms are being pulled before...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoJersey good enough for Lions but not for Prem
JERSEY Reds are top of the Championship. They have outstanding training facilities, complete with altitude training chambers, at the Strive complex...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoHogg’s back and so is the Exeter ‘edge’
Paul Rees talks to Henry Slade and Rob Baxter about Exeter’s stumbling start to the new season PREVIEW... Sale v Exeter...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoThe fly-half’s name is Wilkinson and his talent is blossoming!
By JON NEWCOMBE Play-maker: Kieran Wilkinson KIERAN Wilkinson is set to make his third Premiership appearance of the season for Sale...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoLam’s chat with Ojomoh triggers transfer talk
PAT Lam was seen in a deep touchline conversation with Bath’s highly-rated inside centre Max Ojomoh after Friday’s West Country derby...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoJourneymen Saffers won’t excite the Celtic fans
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST As the first of this season’s Billionaires’ Row derbies between Bristol and Bath, two wealthy clubs separated...
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Jeff Probyn
/ 5 years agoLoss of county pathway has blocked young stars
JEFF PROBYN A FRONT ROW VIEW OF THE GAME It’s interesting to note that there are people out there who profess...
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Features
/ 5 years agoMax is Wright fit for depleted Falcons
RUGBY SHORTS BATH centre Max Wright has joined Newcastle on a three-month deal. Wright, 24, who was a Junior World Cup...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoGeorge is in awe of ‘ridiculous’ Radwan
By PAUL REES IT WAS not that long ago that big was regarded as beautiful on the wing as teams looked...
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Premiership
/ 5 years agoBristol 25-20 Bath: Radradra blow can’t halt Bears revival
BRISTOL cushioned the hammer blow of losing their Fijian superstar, Semi Radradra, for a lengthy period by sneaking a victory over...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoBath 13-20 Newcastle: Flying Falcons wings give Bath runaround
NEWCASTLE Falcons’ flying wing Adam Radwan left the Bath defence in his dust to lead his men to a stunning victory...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoUnderhill injury worries Hooper
BATH director of rugby Stuart Hooper is praying that Sam Underhill’s injury is not too serious. “Sam got a blow to...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoMac’s back for Sale with Raffi getting the nod at No.9
Return: USA fly-half AJ MacGinty starts for Sale LONDON Irish have made one change from their defeat at Worcester Warriors as...
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Blindside - rugby transfers
/ 5 years agoAgents row will take players abroad
ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER FRENCH and Japanese clubs are looking to pick off Premiership stars as the standoff...
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Chris Hewett
/ 5 years agoBorthwick will give thanks for Ford axe!
CHRIS HEWETT GUEST COLUMNIST No one ever called Leicester a quiet club – lest we forget, Austin Healey and Richard Cockerill...
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Features
/ 5 years agoFirst-ever Cup final was turning point for Wasps
MOMENT IN TIME WASPS 1985-86 JOHN PLAYER CUP FINALISTS NEIL FISSLER TALKS TO MARK RIGBY WASPS are one of the most...
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National League One
/ 5 years agoIn-form Rams rack up fourth win on trot to go top of table
By RICHARD ASHTON Rams ........................29 Leeds Tykes ...........11 RAMS moved top of the standings with a five-try win against a battling...
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoMobile Manu’s found his fighting weight
By JON NEWCOMBE A SLIMMED down Manu Tuilagi admits he can now look himself in the mirror and feel confident he...
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Features
/ 5 years agoBath’s Cokanasiga, Spencer sidelined
RUGBY SHORTS SHORTSSHORTSENGLAND and Bath pair Joe Cokanasiga and Ben Spencer, are both out for an unspecified amount of time with...
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Features
/ 5 years agoDe Carpentier signs on for season at The Rec
RUGBY SHORTS BATH have signed former England Sevens forward Richard de Carpentier on a deal until the end of the season....
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Latest News
/ 5 years agoSevens U-turn as O’Shea seeks alignment
THE RFU has performed a U-turn and will reinstate its full-time Sevens programme for the start of the 2022 World Series....















