Steve Borthwick, a University of Bath alumnus and Team Bath Hall of Fame for Sport inductee, has been appointed as the new England Rugby men’s head coach. Borthwick combined a top-class playing career – in which he captained England, Bath Rugby and Saracens – with studying Politics & Economics at the University, graduating in 2003. He has also had a successful coaching career, leading Leicester Tigers to the Premiership Rugby title earlier this year. Before...
Team Bath will go into the Christmas break sitting second in the BUCS Super Rugby table after recording a bonus-point 35-22 victory over Leeds Beckett in bitterly-cold conditions at Shaftesbury Park, home of Bristol club Dings Crusaders. The men’s 1st XV, sponsored by Bath Building Society, scored five well-worked backs tries through Alfie Garside, Alex Clayton, Luca Mignot, Tom Carr-Smith and Sam Harris, the latter kicking all the conversions, as Team Bath recorded their eighth...
A superb solo try in the closing stages from Duncan Hood sealed an excellent 27-21 win in Cardiff as Team Bath immediately bounced back to BUCS Super Rugby winning ways on Wednesday. The Bath Building Society-sponsored men’s 1st XV were holding on to a single-point lead under pressure from the hosts when the Scotland U20 hooker collected a pass just inside the Cardiff half and feinted to pass before accelerating through a gap in the...
Team Bath men’s 1st XV travelled to Exeter yesterday (30th November) as their unbeaten BUCS Super Rugby away record faced a traditionally tough challenge in the BUCS Super Rugby South-West derby against Exeter University. The Bath Building Society-sponsored side had won all three of their matches on the road this season and were sitting joint top of the table after a four-game unbeaten run. The first half, which saw Exeter strike first, was fairly evenly matched, with both sides...
A first-half hat-trick from England U20 hooker Jasper Spandler set Team Bath on their way to a hard-earned 24-7 victory over Swansea as they extended their BUCS Super Rugby winning run to four games. Replacement Haydn Barnes added a late try to secure a bonus point for the Bath Building Society-sponsored men’s 1st XV on a cold, windy night at the Team Bath Sports Training Village. All four tries came from lineouts and Mark Lilley,...
Team Bath made it five wins from seven BUCS Super Rugby games this season as they ground out a 28-10 win at league newcomers Nottingham on Wednesday. The Bath Building Society-sponsored visitors – high on confidence after impressive wins against Durham and Loughborough – got off to a flying start, forcing a penalty inside the opening couple of minutes which they kicked to touch before unleashing their lineout drive to score the opening try through...
Student sports teams at the University of Bath are taking their match and training analysis to the next level thanks to a new partnership with PlayerData. Football, hockey and rugby coaches at the University are able to have near instant access to a whole range of performance-enhancing data about their players including total distance run, top speed, number of high-intensity bursts and heatmaps showing their positioning on the pitch. PlayerData, as Official Sports Data Partner...
Team Bath held off a late comeback from old rivals Loughborough to edge out the BUCS Super Rugby leaders by a single point on a wet and windy Wednesday evening at the Sports Training Village. The men’s 1st XV, sponsored by Bath Building Society, treated their hardy supporters to another strong display in challenging conditions as they went 36-21 up with 10 minutes to go, Luca Mignot scoring 24 points and Bath Rugby Academy player...
Team Bath treated a nearly 6,000-strong crowd at The Rec to one of their best-ever BUCS Super Rugby performances as they stormed to a 40-13 victory over reigning champions Durham in the Rengen-sponsored Anniversary Game. The men’s 1st XV were in outstanding form throughout, feeding off the energy of a vocal crowd to dominate for much of the 80 minutes and run in five tries through Ludo Kolade, Jasper Spandler, George Doel, Archie Griffin and...
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...
