All posts tagged "Bath"

• Featured

  / 13 years ago

  Anthony Watson gets in good Nick for World Cup

  Anthony Watson admits he dreams of playing for England in the 2015 World Cup – but if he does so he...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Young Gun

  / 13 years ago

  Young Gun: Tom Ellis – Bath lock

  Tom Ellis has been hooked on rugby since the age of six but he took an unorthodox route to reaching his...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Jeff Probyn

  / 13 years ago

  Jeff Probyn: The good, bad and ugly of the scrum machines

  So at last we have the answer to all scrum problems – the new scrum machine being used by Bath Rugby...

  By Jeff Probyn
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Dave Attwood has done it all himself, says Danny Grewcock

  As a bruising second row with a CV that features one or two misdemeanours, Dave Attwood has often been compared to...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Wales v Tonga preview

  Hallam Amos will make Wales debut against Tonga on Friday as head coach Warren Gatland makes 11 changes from the team that...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Autumn Internationals

  / 13 years ago

  Mike Ford: Anthony Watson in line to get England call for Six Nations

  One has worked with him for four years, the other for four months – but both Neal Hatley and Mike Ford...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Leguizamon to lead Argentina at Twickenham

  Juan Martin Leguizamon will captain Argentina against England at Twickenham on Saturday. The former London Irish back-row takes over from the...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• My Life in Rugby

  / 13 years ago

  My Life in Rugby: Sam Vesty – former Leicester, Bath & England utility back

  One game that really sticks out was the 2009 Heineken Cup semi-final at Cardiff Blues where we were involved in the...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Mike Phillips to start for Wales against South Africa

  Despite being sacked by Bayonne last week, Phillips has been named at scrum-half by Warren Gatland to take on South Africa...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Anthony Watson added to England squad

  Bath full-back Anthony Watson has been added to England squad ahead of their clash against Argentina next Saturday. The England U20...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Bath and Exeter win on the road

  Anthony Perenise and Horacio Agulla scored for Bath as the West Country side came out of a wet Sixways with a...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Aviva Premiership round 7 teams

  Gloucester v London Wasps Gloucester: Rob Cook; James Simpson-Daniel, Henry Trinder, Ryan Mills, Jonny May; Freddie Burns, Dan Robson; Yann Thomas, Huia...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Jeff Probyn

  / 13 years ago

  Jeff Probyn: Alcohol abuse is affecting more players than drugs

  The announcement this week of just five positive results out of a total of 617 drug tests in the RFU‘s anti-doping...

  By Jeff Probyn
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Rob Webber and Henry Thomas added to England Squad

  Rob Webber and Henry Thomas will join the England camp at Pennyhill Park this evening ahead of the clash against Australia at Twickenham...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Young Gun

  / 13 years ago

  Young Gun: Charlie Ewels – Bath lock

  Charlie Ewels has been nurtured by Bath and England since the age of 15 but there is only one man the...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Aviva Premiership round 6 teams

  Bath v Gloucester Bath: Anthony Watson; Semesa Rokoduguni, Jonathan Joseph, Kyle Eastmond, Matt Banahan; George Ford, Peter Stringer; Paul James, Rob...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Francois Louw: I’m happy to split Bath with Springboks

  Just seven days after playing for the Springboks in a pulsating Rugby Championship decider against New Zealand, Francois Louw was not...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Jeremy Guscott

  / 13 years ago

  Jeremy Guscott: Joel Tomkins fits my idea of a real outside centre

  When I look at an outside centre I want an attacking player with enough pace to worry his own full-back and...

  By Jeremy Guscott
• My Life in Rugby

  / 13 years ago

  My Life in Rugby: Craig Gillies – former Bath, Worcester and England lock

  With 288 first team appearances over 11 years, there is no doubting Worcester Warriors are a team close to my heart....

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Amlin Challenge Cup round 2 teams

  Worcester v Sale Worcester: Chris Pennell; Josh Drauniniu, Alex Grove, Max Stelling, Dean Hammond; Paul Warwick, Jeremy Su’a; George Porter, Chris...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Autumn Internationals

  / 13 years ago

  Owen Farrell earns Paul Grayson vote in line-up of the No.10s

  Paul Grayson cannot recall such intense competition for the England No.10 shirt but the second highest points scorer in Red Rose...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Two-week ban for Bath’s Ollie Devoto and Scarlets’ Samson Lee

  Ollie Devoto has been hit by a two-week ban for punching Bordeaux-Bègles winger Blair Connor last Saturday in the opening round of...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Bath’s Ollie Devoto cited for head butt

  Bath full-back Ollie Devoto has been cited for an alleged head butt on Saturday in Bordeaux. The incident with Bordeaux-Begles winger...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Tom Biggs joins Hull FC in cross-code switch

  Tom Biggs has today confirmed he will be leaving Bath at the end of the season to join rugby league side...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Aviva Premiership round 5: teams

  Gloucester v Exeter Gloucester: Martyn Thomas; Charlie Sharples, Mike Tindall, Billy Twelvetrees, James Simpson-Daniel; Freddie Burns, Tavis Knoyle; Yann Thomas, Darren Dawidiuk,...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• 

  Jeff Probyn

  / 13 years ago

  Jeff Probyn: Clubs face oblivion if RFU take on PRL over Europe

  Financial Oblivion are the words used by Bath‘s owner Bruce Craig when describing the possible fate facing the RaboDirect Pro12 if...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Autumn Internationals

  / 13 years ago

  “Henry Trinder can bridge that Manu Tuilagi gap,” say James Simpson-Daniel and Nigel Davies

  Gloucester duo James Simpson-Daniel and Nigel Davies are convinced Henry Trinder is the man to fill Manu Tuilagi’s massive shoes this...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Nick Cain

  / 13 years ago

  Nick Cain talks to Gloucester fly-half Freddie Burns about his challenge for club and country

  Freddie Burns is the sort of fly-half that scares the living daylights out of English coaches almost as much as he...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Nick Cain

  / 13 years ago

  Nick Cain: These weakened teams undermine competition

  There are occasions when it is hard to fathom the workings, and the culture, of the English Premiership. Why, at a...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Another injury blow for England?

  England have suffered yet another injury concern ahead of the Autumn Series with the news that Dave Attwood could be out...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  New coffee-shop owner Chris Robshaw determined not to become a has-bean

  For Chris Robshaw, the coffee entrepreneur, it’s a case of better latte than never.

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Saracens beat Bath to remain unbeaten

  Saracens produced a stunning first-half display to beat Bath 31-17 at the Allianz Park and remain at the top of the...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Young Gun

  / 13 years ago

  Young Gun: Tom Chapman – Worcester wing/scrum-half

  Tom Chapman is only 19 but the speedster has already been on the books of Saracens, Bath and Blackheath. But after...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Aviva Premiership round 3: teams

  Leicester v Newcastle Leicester: Blaine Scully; Vereniki Goneva, Manusamoa Tuilagi, Dan Bowden, Adam Thompstone; Toby Flood (Capt.), Ben Youngs; Boris Stankovich,...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  VIDEO: Matt Garvey – “Bath can achieve big things”

  Bath flanker Matt Garvey talks exclusively to The Rugby Paper about the West Country team’s great start to the season and...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• 20 Questions

  / 13 years ago

  20 Questions: Russell Earnshaw – former England Sevens coach

  You left England 7s last month. Why? A family decision. Last year I was away 140 days and in my last...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  “I had to quit Irish to stay in the picture with England” – Jonathan Joseph

  Jonathan Joseph believes any hopes he had of cementing his England spot were on a hiding to nothing as long as...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Dream Team

  / 13 years ago

  Dream Team: Dan Hipkiss – former Leicester, Bath and England centre

  1. Graham Rowntree – Growing up in the Leicester Academy he was the most professional of all. Has a dry sense...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Autumn Internationals

  / 13 years ago

  England have found their new Billy Whizz in Christian Wade says Andy Robinson

  Former national head coach Andy Robinson believes England have finally unearthed Jason Robinson’s successor in Christian Wade. Andy Robinson’s ill-fated reign...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Peter Jackson

  / 13 years ago

  Peter Jackson: Groundhog Day, and Gav blinks back into the light

  During the course of fox-trotting his way into five clubs over 20 months, Gavin Henson has danced to the same old...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Nick Cain

  / 13 years ago

  Nick Cain talks to Mike Ford about his vision for the revitalisation of Bath

  Mike Ford is not promising miracles. Bath‘s new head coach has been around too long to fall into that trap, notably...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Moment In Time

  / 13 years ago

  Sanderson and his Quins have a day to remember

  This was a remarkable cup final victory on so many levels. For starters, Harlequins had endured a shocking Premiership campaign, winning...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Young Gun

  / 13 years ago

  Young Gun: Tom Fowlie – London Irish centre

  England‘s new elite squad may have a glaring dearth of outside centres, but thanks to London Irish’s Tom Fowlie, the future...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Mike Blair keen to make his mark in Premiership

  Mike Blair is counting down the days until he samples Premiership rugby at first hand for the first time with Newcastle....

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  No frills as Dave Attwood batters his way back

  Stuart Lancaster is regarded as a coach of considerable subtlety, but his advice to the recalled Dave Attwood has no frills:...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Moment In Time

  / 13 years ago

  Moment in Time: Elvis is the hero as Bath battle back to avoid drop

  Ten years ago, Bath Rugby stood on the precipice. A hostile takeover bid from Bristol owner Malcolm Pearce had driven supporters...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Nick Cain

  / 13 years ago

  Nick Cain looks ahead to the 2015 World Cup showdown between England, Wales and Australia

  We are six months closer to the 2015 World Cup Pool of Pain, and the Lions victory over Australia provides a...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Young Gun

  / 13 years ago

  Young Gun: Tom Dunn – Bath hooker

  Tom Dunn rose so rapidly through the Bath ranks last season he had a parody Twitter account set up in his...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• English Gallagher Premiership

  / 13 years ago

  Mike Ford puts his focus on reviving up Bath attack

  He’s masterminded the defence for the Lions, England and Ireland, not to mention Premiership clubs. But now newly-promoted Bath coach Mike...

  By The Rugby Paper Team
• Latest News

  / 13 years ago

  Gavin Henson’s case ‘closed’

  Bath confirmed today that the incident that invalid Gavin Henson and Carl Fears in a pub last Wednesday was now closed...

  By The Rugby Paper Team