The wait is over – today’s the day when BUCS Super Rugby returns to The Rec for the first time since 2019 as Team Bath take on Durham in the Rengen-sponsored Anniversary Game. The hosts have named a strong starting XV for the big match (kick-off 6.30pm), which will be enjoyed by thousands of spectators at the home of Bath Rugby and watching live on YouTube. As well as eight Bath Rugby Academy players, the...
Free tickets are still available for Wednesday’s return to The Rec for the Rengen-sponsored Anniversary Game but don’t worry if you can’t make it – you can also watch live coverage on the Team Bath TV YouTube channel! It promises to be another cracking contest as Team Bath men’s 1st XV take on reigning BUCS Super Rugby champions Durham under the floodlights at the city-centre home of Bath Rugby, with both teams having recorded some...
Team Bath’s BUCS Super Rugby match ended in disappointment last night with a defeat against Cardiff Met at the Team Bath Sports Training Village. The men’s 1st XV, sponsored by Bath Building Society, started well and the game was fairly evenly matched, but it was Cardiff Met who broke the deadlock at 23 minutes, with a try by Bradley Roderick-Evans and a conversion, for a 7-0 lead. The visitors continued to apply pressure to try to...
Team Bath men's 1st XV are back on the road today as they make the short journey to Gloucester to face West Country rivals Hartpury in their latest BUCS Super Rugby match (6.30pm kick-off). Both teams have won one and lost one of their opening matches, with Bath Building Society-sponsored Team Bath recording an impressive 24-5 victory at Leeds Beckett last week while Hartpury slipped to a 29-14 home defeat against defending champions Durham. Team...
Imogen Allison co-captained England to a Test series success and new recruit Bethan Dyke was named as player of the tournament for Wales as Team Bath Netball Super League stars impressed on international duty against Uganda. Mid-courter Allison started at centre in the opening 60-51 victory and then impressed at wing-defence as the Vitality Roses wrapped up a series win by beating the She Cranes 53-45 in match two. The Blue & Gold star, who...
Fans will have nine chances to cheer on the new-look Team Bath Netball squad at home during the 2023 Netball Super League season, with tickets on sale now for the new campaign. That is one more match than was played at the Team Bath Arena during the 2022 season, which saw more than 10,000 spectators play their part in some epic contests by creating an electric, energising atmosphere. All but one of the 2023 home...
University of Bath students Emma Whitaker and Charlie Brown struck mixed relay gold at the end of an impressive week for Pentathlon GB at the Modern Pentathlon Junior World Championships in Poland. Both had recorded top-ten finishes in Saturday’s individual finals, with Sports Performance student Whitaker – who is supported by a Santander Sporting Scholarship - placing fifth in the women’s competition and Sports Management & Coaching student Brown finishing eighth in the men’s event....
Livewire New Zealand mid-courter Ali Wilshier says she cannot wait to immerse herself in the “family culture” at Team Bath Netball after today being confirmed as the final member of the club’s 2023 Superleague squad. The 23-year-old centre and wing-attack has spent the past two seasons with Southern Steel in the ANZ Premiership, where she established a reputation as a ‘pocket rocket’ with speed and finesse around the attacking circle. Now she is ready to...
Team Bath recorded their first win of the 2022-23 BUCS Super Rugby season in fine style as they beat Leeds Beckett 24-5 in Yorkshire on Wednesday afternoon. The Bath Building Society-sponsored men’s 1st XV got off to a strong start as co-captain Tom Williams and England U20 international Jasper Spandler both scored tries from driven lineouts in the opening stages. Bath Rugby Academy winger Byron Lloyd-Gilmour then finished off some good wide attacking play and...
Team Bath men’s 1st XV are heading to Yorkshire today as they take on Leeds Beckett in their first away match of the 2022-23 BUCS Super Rugby season (2pm kick-off). Both teams are looking to bounce back from opening-day defeats, with Bath Building Society-sponsored Team Bath narrowly being edged out 22-21 by Cardiff while Leeds Beckett lost 31-15 to newly-promoted Nottingham. Team Bath have shuffled the starting XV with eight players coming in for their...
