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Posted 329 days ago
ARGENTINE INTERNATIONAL winger, Horacio Agulla will be joining Bath Rugby next season.
The 27 year old, equally adept playing on the wing or at fullback, has been capped 34 times by his country and will prove an excellent addition to the back line with a great attitude and physicality as well as a nose for the try line. He will join…
Posted 396 days ago
London Wasps head to Bath this weekend seeking a vital away Aviva Premiership win.
Wasps are looking to do the double over their West Country counterparts having beaten Bath 27-24 earlier this season in an exciting game at Adams Park.
Director of Rugby Dai Young has made three changes to his starting line-up, which includes seven players aged 21 or under.
In the…
Posted 595 days ago
A handful of London Wasps started the week’s preparations for their Aviva Premiership match against Bath by showing off their culinary skills at Michelin-starred restaurant Auberge du Lac.
Chef Phil Thompson, a big Wasps fan, invited squad members to the restaurant where he showed them how to cook a classic Beef Wellington, one of the menu’s most popular dishes, which the…
Posted 755 days ago
Bath Rugby can confirm that Danny Grewcock will be retiring at the end of this season.
The Bath, England and British and Irish Lions legend will call time on a professional career that started in Coventry, and has spanned 15 years.
One of the most respected players of the professional game, Danny joined Bath from Saracens in 2001, and the imposing lock…
Posted 767 days ago
Bath Rugby welcome Harlequins to the Recreation Ground this weekend, as the two sides meet in Round 20 of the Aviva Premiership, kick-off 2.15pm. Following on from last weekend’s win against Exeter Chiefs at the Recreation Ground, Forwards Coach, Martin Haag, explains how important that win was, and the challenge that Quins will hold on Saturday. “Every game is important,…
Posted 769 days ago
Bath Rugby can confirm that prop David Barnes is retiring from rugby with immediate effect.
The decision has been made after following medical advice on a neck injury.
Since joining Bath in 2000, David has gone on to make 266 appearances for the Club, and captained the England Saxons in the 2006 Churchill Cup.
Technically strong and very experienced, David is a very…
Posted 781 days ago
Bath travel to Watford’s Vicarage Road on Sunday aiming for a much-needed win to keep their hopes of making the Aviva Premiership play-offs alive. After a heavy defeat to table-toppers Leicester last week at The Rec, they will also be looking to re-build their confidence by overcoming Saracens, who are currently sitting in second place just behind the Tigers.
Defence and…
Posted 799 days ago
THE WORST moment for Dave Attwood over these past few months wasn’t when he heard he had received a nine-week ban for stamping on the head of La Rochelle prop Petrisor Toderasc, a ban that cost him a place in England’s elite squad.
That may seem bad enough for a 23-year-old lock who impressed the England management last summer on tour…
Posted 812 days ago
The long-awaited decision of St Helens scrum-half Kyle Eastmond has been made according to his coach at St Helens, and he has signed a three-year contract at the Rec
England star Eastmund will switch codes at the end of the Super League season and join Bath.
Saints coach Royce Simmons told BBC Radio Merseyside: “He has decided to go to Bath –…
Posted 816 days ago
Fresh from victory over Northampton Saints last weekend, Bath Rugby travel to Sandy Park tomorrow for their first Premiership meeting against Exeter Chiefs, kick-off 8pm.
Exeter born lock, Stuart Hooper, knows what a challenge the Premiership new boys will be for the visitors, and hopes that the momentum built up during the second half of the season, which has seen Bath…
