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Posted 108 days ago
IN OUR February issue Duncan Bell opened up to Rugby World with his long time friend, ex-teammate and member of the front row union, David Flatman, about the pressures of professional rugby and why the onus is on friends and family as much as those suffering mental health problems to start talking. If you missed it, you can download the…
Posted 749 days ago
With qualification for the play-offs still a possibility for Bath Rugby, the team will be coming out all guns blazing as they host Newcastle Falcons at the Recreation Ground in the final home game of the season on Saturday, kick-off 3pm.
Whilst just where Bath will finish in the table this season is still unknown, one thing that can be said with some certainty…
Posted 777 days ago
Bath Rugby welcome Exeter Chiefs to the Recreation Ground on Saturday for the re-arranged Round 11 Aviva Premiership Rugby fixture, kick-off 2.30pm.
Director of Rugby, Sir Ian McGeechan, knows that performing more accurately in certain areas holds the key to Bath getting back to winning ways in the first Premiership South West derby played between the two sides at the Recreation…
Posted 777 days ago
It did not make for pretty viewing and having scrutinised the video nasty of last weekend’s loss at lowly Leeds Carnegie, Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter is confident his side can rediscover their form in Saturday’s derby encounter with Bath at the Recreation Ground (2.30pm).
Baxter was less than impressed by the way his side went down 27-22 to the…
Posted 845 days ago
Once bitten, twice shy? Not where David Barnes is concerned. The Bath prop is back in training to tackle Mount Kilimanjaro, nearly three years after he first conquered Africa’s highest peak. In 2008 Barnes scaled the 5,895m mountain to raise money for the Rugby Players’ Association (RPA) Benevolent Fund, and in particular to assist Tamara Johnson, a Bath Women’s player…
Posted 868 days ago
Since retiring, Welsh legend Scott Quinnell had a lot of spare time on his hands. So what better way to keep occupied than to travel around the country, visiting some premiership teams to set a challenge…The Crossbar Challege. Scott takes on a few greats from all nations; Dylan Hartley, Chris Jack, Tom Croft and Martin Corry to name just a…
Posted 893 days ago
By Paul Morgan, editor of Rugby World
BATH SHOULD be out of the Heineken Cup they are still in it because of the biggest shocks of the 2009-10 season, anywhere in the world.
Bath lost 22-18 at Ulster but the rugby world almost fell off its axis in Italy as Aironi beat Biarritz 28-27. Let’s say that again – an Italian side…
Posted 899 days ago
The Bath rugby boys make it easy to show why rugby is a sport full of sheer excitement. Another long-range wonder, this time from Bath’s Nick Abendanon. It was the Try of the Season in the Guinness Premiership.
Posted 899 days ago
What would you do if you were faced with the a 6ft 7in brick wall? Well you don’t need to imagine. The clip shows Yves Donguy of Toulouse who is unfortunate to be the last line of defence and tasked with tackling the tank that is Matt Banahan. Donguy and full-back Maxime Medard are no match!
Posted 900 days ago
Bath Rugby can confirm that Luke Watson will be leaving the club at the end of the season. He is returning to South Africa to play for Eastern Province.
Speaking of his decision to return to Port Elizabeth, Luke said…
“This has been one of the most difficult decisions I’ve ever had to make. I love everything about Bath – the City,…
