Sporting scholar Ethan Staddon and fellow University of Bath student Tom Carr-Smith have been named in the England Rugby U20 squad for the Six Nations U20 Summer Series. They join Bath Rugby club colleagues Sam Harris, Ewan Richards and John Stewart in a 32-man squad heading to Italy for the tournament, which gets under way against South Africa on Friday 24th June (4pm BST). England will also face France on Wednesday 29th (4pm) and Ireland...
Sporting scholar Orlando Bailey made his first senior England appearance and Grace Crompton helped the Roses clinch the Rugby Europe Sevens Trophy during a memorable weekend for rugby-playing University of Bath students. International Development with Economics student Bailey, who is supported by a Matrix Scholarship, came on as a replacement for Joe Cokanasiga during the second half of England men’s match against the world-famous Barbarians at Twickenham on Sunday. It was an uncapped match but...
University of Bath students Alex Clayton and James Pavey have been selected in the England squad for this weekend’s Rugby Europe Men’s Sevens Trophy tournament in Zagreb, Croatia. Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Engineering student Clayton (pictured), supported by the Team Bath Dual Career programme, was a regular starter for the Team Bath men’s 1st XV in BUCS Super Rugby last season while Pavey has just completed his first year of an Accounting and Finance course....
University of Bath students Orlando Bailey and Max Ojomoh have been named in the England Rugby squad for a three-day training camp ahead of this summer’s tour of Australia. Sports Performance graduate Freddie Clarke has also received his first senior call-up and is in a 35-strong squad attending this week’s camp, being held in Teddington from Tuesday to Thursday. All three players will be looking to impress and earn a place in the match-day 23...
Team Bath, the sports department for the University of Bath, is delighted to announce a new three-year partnership with Bath Building Society. The link-up between two of the city’s most recognised brands, both within the local community and nationally, will see Bath Building Society support sport and fitness at all levels within Team Bath – student, recreational and high-performance. It will also provide additional backing to the Team Bath Netball Superleague team, the University of...
Six Team Bath BUCS Super Rugby players have represented their countries over the past few days after playing in international matches for England and Cyprus. Xavier Hastings (Social Sciences) started at open-side flanker for England Students in their dramatic 16-15 victory against France at Newcastle’s Kingston Park on Friday. View this post on Instagram A post shared by England Rugby Universities (@englandrugbyunis) Josh Dingley, Mackenzie Graham (both Sports Performance) and Jasper Spandler (International...
More than 4,000 spectators enjoyed an action-packed day of student sport at the Team Bath Sports Training Village when the University of Bath took on Cardiff Met University in the long-awaited return of Varsity. And the hosts made it five wins in a row as they beat their opposition from Wales 63-27 overall after 17 matches were played across 10 sports in the first Varsity fixture since 2019. Sport Bath Cardiff Met Bath Varsity Points...
University of Bath student Jenny Hesketh has been named as captain of England Rugby Women U20s for the first of back-to-back Test matches against France. The Sport Management & Coaching student (pictured against Scotland, CREDIT: Mark Fletcher) is joined once again in the starting XV by fellow Team Bath Dual Career athletes China Kill (Criminology) and Gabriella Nigrelli (Civil and Architectural Engineering) for Saturday’s match in Evreux, Normandy (5pm). Grace Crompton, who also studies Sport...
Team Bath Dual Career student-athletes Jenny Hesketh, China Kill and Gabriella Nigrelli have been named in the starting XV for the first England Rugby Women U20s Test match since July 2019. The University of Bath students, who all play Allianz Premier 15s rugby for Bristol Bears, will line up against Scotland Futures at Darlington Arena on Saturday 19 March (2pm). It is the first of three matches for the U20s, who also travel to Evreux,...
Team Bath will have to play the waiting game to see if they have qualified for the end-of-season play-offs after being edged out 19-15 at Swansea in their last BUCS Super Rugby league game of the 2021-22 season. It was a hard-fought encounter in Wales on Wednesday, with the Rengen-sponsored visitors holding a narrow 15-14 lead with just over 10 minutes remaining. A third Swansea try of the evening meant they took the win but...
