Team Bath men’s 1st XV put up a good battle on their BUCS Super Rugby visit to Loughborough on Wednesday before going down to a 33-7 defeat in blustery conditions. The Rengen-sponsored visitors were missing a number of forwards through injury but competed well throughout and scored a converted try midway through the first half to notch the opening points of the evening. Third-placed Loughborough managed to draw level before half-time, though, and forged ahead...
BUCS Super Rugby league leaders Durham proved too strong for Team Bath men’s 1st XV as they recorded a convincing 42-6 victory at the Sports Training Village tonight. The Rengen-sponsored hosts had to rejig their pack shortly before kick-off due to injuries but fronted up well and were only trailing 13-6 at the interval. However, a well-drilled Durham outfit dominated set-pieces throughout and the pressure told in the second half as they scored five more...
University of Bath student Tom Carr-Smith rounded off one of three tries scored by England Rugby from their own half during a winning start to the U20 Six Nations in Scotland. Scrum-half Carr-Smith, who studies Management and is supported by the Team Bath Dual Career programme, supported a lightning break from full-back Henry Arundell before collecting his pass and shimmying past the last couple of defenders to touch down. That try in the 50th minute...
Team Bath men’s 1st XV suffered a second last-gasp defeat of the BUCS Super Rugby season to South West rivals Exeter as a stunning second-half fightback came up just short. A poor start to the match saw the visitors concede three unconverted tries in the opening eight minutes, including one straight from the kick-off, as title-chasing Exeter raced into a 15-0 lead. Rengen-sponsored Team Bath managed to get a foothold in the game and, despite having to make early...
A George Wootten try from the last move of the game sealed a remarkable comeback by Team Bath in a pulsating BUCS Super Rugby match against Cardiff University on Wednesday. The Rengen-sponsored men’s 1st XV found themselves 26-7 down after 20 minutes but cut the gap to five points by half-time. They then levelled twice in the latter stages of the second period, one of the tries completing a hat-trick for Alfie Garside, only for...
University of Bath sporting scholar Orlando Bailey has been named in the senior England Rugby squad for the first time as preparations begin for the 2022 Guinness Six Nations. International Development with Economics student Bailey, who is supported by a Matrix Scholarship, has been in fine form for Bath Rugby this season and a regular starter in the Premiership at fly-half. He is among six uncapped players named by Eddie Jones in a 36-strong England...
University of Bath students Orlando Bailey and Max Ojomoh played key roles as Bath Rugby recorded their first victory of the 2021-22 Premiership Rugby season on Sunday. It was also a day to remember for former Team Bath BUCS Super Rugby captain Tom Doughty as he made his first top-flight start in the 22-19 win against Worcester Warriors at The Rec. Team Bath Dual Career student-athlete Ojomoh, who studies Business Administration, scored the home side’s...
University of Bath student Tom Carr-Smith has been named in the England Rugby U20 Elite Player Squad for a second successive season. Carr-Smith, who is in the second year of a Management degree course, is one of ten players previously capped at U20 level in the 32-man squad having helped England complete the Grand Slam in the 2021 U20 Six Nations tournament. The scrum-half combines his university education with training with the Bath Rugby Academy,...
An incredible 19 medals at the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, 10 of them gold, is the headline stat from an outstanding year of sport at the University of Bath but there was plenty more to celebrate during an unforgettable 2021. From students winning the Premiership Rugby title at Twickenham and conquering the rowing world from their kitchen to Team Bath Netball lifting their first trophy for eight years and tennis players serving up a...
Team Bath go into the Christmas break sitting sixth in the 2021-22 BUCS Super Rugby league table after suffering defeat at local rivals Hartpury in their final game of the calendar year. The Rengen-sponsored men’s 1st XV went into the match off the back of an excellent win over Loughborough and the first half proved to be tightly contested, with the visitors narrowly trailing 14-10 at the interval. However, the game got away from them...
