Everything to do with Bath Rugby, the latest news, scores, matches, rumours and gossip.
Monday, 31 May 2010
Davis set for Exeter move
Sky Sports
Sunday, 30 May 2010
Lee Mears on the Weakest Link!
It's available to watch intill Saturday 5th June 2010
BBC iPlayer
David Flatman: Old-school tour but it'll be men at work in land Down Under
The Independent
Saturday, 29 May 2010
The good, the bad and the ugly of the 2010 rugby season
Bath – for the way they rescued their season. Going into the Christmas period, Bath had won one of their opening 10 fixtures. They then lost only once, against Leicester at Welford Road, in their remaining 12 matches
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Unlikely hero - Danny Grewcock
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Bristol's Tom Arscott to sign for Bath??
Tom Arscott
Tom joined Bristol Rugby for 2007-8 from Plymouth Albion.
An England U19 international comfortable at wing or full back, he is the brother of Luke who was already at Bristol Rugby.
Tom made an immediate impression during the preseason friendly fixtures and featured frequently at first team level throughout 2007-8 scoring 9 tries in 19 starts and catching the eye of the England Saxons selectors until injury forced a late withdrawal.
This season he has played 27 games and scored 10 tries.
Sourced from Bristol Rugby
Friday, 28 May 2010
Baa-Baa Barnes relishing his return to international stage
This Is Bath
Bath's Lee Mears: 'Shontayne Hape's time has come'
This Is Bath
TOM BRADSHAW: Bath stars all of a Twitter
This Is Bath
Have your say!
Bath Rugby
Sunday, 23 May 2010
David Flatman: Dives, dogs and dodgy tunes round off an extraordinary season at Bath
The Independent
Friday, 21 May 2010
Sam Vesty desperate to play regular rugby for Bath
BBC link
Thursday, 20 May 2010
Transfers in and out...
Transfers
End of Season Message from Bruce Craig
I would just like to conclude the season with some words of thanks and to share my enthusiasm for the future hopes and aspirations of this great Club.
Bath Rugby
Hooper out of Saxons tour
This is Bath
Barbarians call-up for David Barnes
This is Bath
FAN'S VIEW: Negative conclusion should not detract from a positive season
Premiership final comes first for new recruit Lewis Moody
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
Barkley delighted with comeback - video interview
BBC
Bath Rugby's Jack Cuthbert gets first Scotland call
This is Bath
BRTV: Bloopers Reel
Well done Nick and Olly...
Tuesday, 18 May 2010
BRTV: Awards Evening Highlights!
Tom Cheeseman to Scarlets?
Sunday, 16 May 2010
Match reaction - Meehan and Cockerill
This is Bath - Meehan
Sky Sports - Cockerill
Bath's final dream ended by the Tigers.
Sky Sports
This Is Bath
Guinness Premiership
Saturday, 15 May 2010
Bell and Maddock need you...Try of the year awards!
The RPA are inviting you to vote for the Sunday Times Try of the Year 2010. The winner of the public vote will be announced at the prestigious RPA Computacenter Rugby Players Awards Dinner 2010, held in London later this month.
Bell and Maddock's try's one of the six nominated...
Try of the year
Video interview - Nick Blofeld on Bath's season so far
BBC Video
Moody: 'I've had a great run at Leicester but at Bath we'll go from strength to strength'
The Independent
Geech: Butch is gonna get you
The Sun
Friday, 14 May 2010
Semi-final odds...
Match result:
Leicester 4/11
Drawn Match 18/1
Bath 11/5
Sky Bet believe Leicester will win by 7, therefore the handicap betting is as follows:
-7 Leicester 10/11
Handicap Draw 16/1
+7 Bath 10/11
There is also some specials available this weekend, you can get these odds for the first try scorer:
Maddock 11/1
Banahan 12/1
Abendanon 14/1
More available at Sky Bet
Bath's Luke Watson in confident mood for Tigers match
BBC Video link
Hape drops to bench for Bath Rugb's semi with Leicester Tigers
15. Nick Abendanon
14. Joe Maddock
13. Matt Carraro
12. Olly Barkley
11. Matt Banahan
10. Butch James
9. Michael Claassens (c)
1. David Flatman
2. Lee Mears
3. David Wilson
4. Stuart Hooper
5. Danny Grewcock
6. Andy Beattie
7. Julian Salvi
8. Luke Watson
16. Pieter Dixon
17. David Barnes
18. Duncan Bell
19. Peter Short
20. Ben Skirving
21. Mike Baxter
22. Ryan Davis
23. Shontayne Hape
Meehan hopes to tame Tigers
Bath head coach Steve Meehan thinks that his side are well prepared to topple reigning champions Leicester in the Guinness Premiership semi-finals.
BATH OUT TO BITE TIGERS
Abendanon is players' pick as awards are handed out
Thursday, 13 May 2010
Jeremy Guscott tips Bath for the win!!
I think Bath have got a much better chance of winning at Welford Road than they did when they were thrashed back in April.
When the two sides met in the Premiership regular season, Leicester ran out 43-20 winners, and the Tigers are always a good bet at home.
The difference between Sunday's game and the one back in April is that Bath have really kicked on over the past four or five weeks.
The confidence is back and they are playing some really good rugby, the forwards are off-loading and their backs are showing great ability.
Danny Grewcock and Luke Watson didn't play for Bath last time and they will make a difference. Waston's on fire, Grewcock brings experience and a lot of aggression, and Leicester will find it a lot harder in the forwards this time.
There is so much rivalry between the clubs, but it's been fairly quiet over the past few years, probably because Leicester have been so much more successful in recent times.
However, the memories of the fans are a lot longer than those of the players, so the atmosphere will be just like the old days.
Welford Road will be intimidating, ferocious and completely partisan and it will be a really tight affair.
Prediction: Bath by less than seven
BBC link
Big push to raise capacity at The Rec for next season
Link
Sharks bite back at Butch
Flatman 'over the moon' with EPS call-up
Watson heaps praise on coach Meehan
Bath in great shape for Leicester Tigers clash
Joe Worsley: I'm backing Bath for playoff glory because they're the hare
Leicester, Northampton and Saracens have been the Tortoise, steadily plodding through the season picking up the points and inexorably making their way to the play-offs, while the Hare has been Bath.
BRTV: Butch excited for the weekend
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Michael Stephenson signs for Leeds
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
Bath players in the England 44 for the tour down under!
England squad - Backs: D Armitage (London Irish), C Ashton (Northampton
), M Banahan (Bath
), O Barkley (Bath), D Care (Harlequins
), M Cueto (Sale Sharks
), T Flood (Leicester), B Foden (Northampton), S Geraghty (Northampton), S Hape (Bath), C Hodgson (Sale Sharks), U Monye (Harlequins), J Simpson (Wasps), D Strettle (Harlequins), M Tait (Sale Sharks), M Tindall (Gloucester), D Waldouck (Wasps), R Wigglesworth (Sale Sharks), J Wilkinson (Toulon), B Youngs (Leicester).
Forwards: S Armitage (London Irish), D Attwood (Gloucester), D Cole (Leicester), T Croft (Leicester), P Doran-Jones (Gloucester), N Easter (Harlequins), D Flatman (Bath), H Fourie (Leeds Carnegie), J Golding (Newcastle), D Hartley (Northampton), J Haskell (Stade Francais), C Lawes (Northampton), L Mears (Bath), L Moody (Leicester), T Palmer (Stade Francais), G Parling (Leicester), T Payne (Wasps), C Robshaw (Harlequins), S Shaw (Wasps), S Thompson (Brive), D Ward-Smith (Wasps), R Webber (Wasps), D Wilson (Bath), J Worsley (Wasps).
England Saxons - Backs: N Abendanon (Bath), A Allen (Leicester), B Barritt (Saracens), J Clarke (Northampton), A Goode (Saracens), P Hodgson (London Irish), S Myler (Northampton), J Simpson-Daniel (Gloucester), O Smith (Montpellier), T Varndell (Wasps), M Young (Newcastle).
Forwards: D Bell (Bath), N Catt (Bath), A Corbisiero (London Irish), P Dowson (Northampton), G Kitchener (Worcester), S Hooper (Bath), T Lindsay (Wasps), L Narraway (Gloucester), D Paice (London Irish), T Rees (Wasps), A Saull (Saracens), G Skivington (Wasps), R Vickers (Newcastle), N Wood (Gloucester), T Wood (Worcester).
Claassens has faith in Bath to upset odds
Bath have stunned the world of rugby by climbing from one place off the bottom of the Premiership to the top four in little more than four months.
Scarlets target Bath centre
Monday, 10 May 2010
Bath Rugby bid farewell to departing players
Mike Baxter
Daniel Browne
Rhys Crane
Ryan Davis
Rob Hawkins
Nicky Little
Joe Maddock
Julian Salvi
Matt Spelman
Michael Stephenson
Scott Bemand will be retiring due to injury and returning to the family farm, but we hope to see him and his family back at The Rec.
Bath Rugby link
This is Bath link
Maddock confirms Bath exit - Sky Sports
Sunday, 9 May 2010
Butch James urges Bath not to run out of steam ahead of Leicester semi-final play-off
“I felt the last two times that the guys were just happy to have made the semi-final. It’s very important that we don’t see the job as already being done. We mustn’t go into our shells now. That’s what happened when we went to Leicester in the league. We didn’t arrive ready to play.”
Telegraph
Fancy a flutter?
Leicester 10/11
Northampton 11/4
Saracens 9/2
Bath 11/2
Ask Jeremy Guscott
Some of the week's major talking points were:
- Bath securing the fourth and final play-off spot in England's Premiership after making it 11 wins in 12 games
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Full article
Can we tame the Tigers?
Kick off 4pm
Bath Rugby
Match reaction - Meehan
This is Bath
Sky Sports
Maddock bids farewell to Rec after six years at Bath
Although the 31-year-old's destination for 2010-11 remains uncertain, the New Zealander and his family have decided to move on after six years in the city.
This is Bath
Saturday, 8 May 2010
Some messages from the Bath boys!
"Ankle a bit sore from the game but was happy to score a cheeky little
brace of tries! Now Leicester next weekend."
Olly Barkley:
"After a shaky start the boys turned in a wicked performance with
fireboy Nicko crossing for try of the season???"
"Oh.....and this deserves it's own Tweet. Thankyou Joey for six
amazing years. You and your family will be missed both on and off the
field."
Great game today and can't wait for next week! Thank you Joe we have
really enjoyed your performances at the Rec over the years! You will
be missed...
Bath book a playoff spot...
And it looks like this was Joe's last game.... :(
Eurosport
Sport.co.uk
Rugby Week
ESPN
Rugby World
Sporting Life
Rugby Times rumours - Joe Maddock, Ryan Davis and a new signing!?
Joe Maddock faces a 2 week wait before he knows if he has clinched a move to Treviso, if that falls through he is looking to move to France.
Bath are looking to off load Ryan Davies , and it looks like he is moving to Nottingham
Bath are looking to sign Ross Batty from falcons to replace Hawk!
Ross Batty biography
BRTV: Meehan - players are exceptional
BRTV
Friday, 7 May 2010
Bath to win by 18 points??
Bath 1/20
Drawn Match 25/1
Leeds 8/1
Bookies predict that Bath will win by 18 points, therefore the handicap betting is as follows:
-18 Bath 10/11
Handicap Draw 16/1
+18 Leeds 10/11
Fancy a flutter??
Luke Watson aims to take Bath to unlikely Guinness Premiership title
Bath v Leeds: Teams
Bath-ing in success
Bath Rugby announce team to face Leeds
Party poopers
Fourth-placed Bath face Leeds at the Recreation Grounds on Saturday afternoon, where the home side need a victory to cement their place in the Guinness Premiership playoffs.
BRTV: Captain Confidential
Barkley and Bath on verge of playoffs with London duo set to miss out
Thursday, 6 May 2010
Guinness Premiership Semi Final and Final Ticket Details
Big screen gets the go-ahead
Free tickets are now available to watch the match against Leeds (3pm) played out on the large screen behind the East Stand.
As revealed in the Chronicle last week, the club is keen to use The Rec outfield as a spot where people who have missed out on match ticket can watch the game on a TV feed. The plan is to use the outfield for the screening of next season's home games too.
Match ticket-holders for the ground will not be able to access the area in front of the giant screen.
The club is bringing in additional refreshment units and toilets.
The weather forecast for Saturday is for showers – so supporters are being urged to come prepared.
Those aged 16 and under will need to be accompanied by a responsible adult.
Hooper expects tough test from old club
Meehan targets happy end to 'incredible' year
James: I was set to leave for Sharks
Flatman's return for Bath could be boost for England
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
A message from Bath Rugby Supporters club
Also check out the section on coaches to possible semi final
http://www.allez-bath.co.uk/
Tuesday, 4 May 2010
Bath Rugby Club News
Monday, 3 May 2010
Big Screen for Leeds game
Think this idea will create a great atmosphere at the Rec (if it happens?), as long as its a nice sunny day!?
This is Bath link
Bath V Leeds preview - from the Leeds Rugby Network
The link
Ask Jeremy Guscott
BBC
Sunday, 2 May 2010
Saturday, 1 May 2010
Olly Barkley finds his comfort zone
The Telegraph