The University of Bath men’s 1st XV have been crowned as BUCS Super Rugby league champions for the first time in the competition’s 10-year history. A superbly executed 17-7 away win at Durham, Bath’s 11th successive victory, ensured Aaron James’ men finished two points clear of previous champions Loughborough at the top of the table. “It’s been a long time and we’ve been building, building, building towards this,” said an emotional James after the match....
Louie Hennessey became the latest University of Bath BUCS Super Rugby player to make his senior international debut when he took to the field for Wales in their Men's Six Nations Championship match against Ireland. The 21-year-old centre, who studied Sports Performance and graduated last summer, came on as a second-half replacement during Friday’s battling 27-17 defeat in Dublin. He was the second Bath graduate to be introduced from the bench after prop Archie Griffin...
An epic comeback victory in front of a boisterous home crowd saw the University of Bath men’s 1st XV leapfrog Loughborough to go top of the BUCS Super Rugby table with just one game to go. The 40-31 win at The Yard, aka the Team Bath Sports Training Village 3G Pitch, means Bath can secure their first-ever BUCS Super Rugby league title with victory at fourth-placed Durham on Wednesday 11th March (6.30pm). Head of Rugby...
A hard-earned bonus point victory in Swansea for the University of Bath men’s 1st XV has perfectly teed up a huge top-of-the-table clash against BUCS Super Rugby title rivals Loughborough. The 26-17 win in South Wales means second-placed Bath, sponsored by Bath Building Society, stay within a point of the league leaders going into the potential title decider at the Team Bath Sports Training Village on Wednesday 4th March (6.30pm kick-off, free to watch). Bath...
Eight tries, all converted by James Beverley, secured an eighth straight success for the University of Bath men’s 1st XV as they maintained their BUCS Super Rugby title push with a 56-26 home win over Cardiff. The hosts, sponsored by Bath Building Society, started their current winning run with a 77-14 victory in November’s reverse fixture and produced another clinical performance on the 3G Pitch at the Team Bath Sports Training Village to stay within...
James Beverley’s nerveless penalty from the last kick of the game (pictured) sealed a first BUCS Super Rugby victory at Sandy Park for the University of Bath men’s 1st XV against South West rivals Exeter. As in the reverse fixture, the memorable Anniversary Game at The Rec, Bath were trailing in the 80th minute and putting the Exeter defence under fierce pressure. However, while they couldn’t quite force a winning score back in October, the...
Eleven University of Bath students have been selected to represent their countries during the 2026 Six Nations Under 20s Championship, which is being contested from 6th February to 15th March. Connor Treacey (Sport Management and Coaching), co-captain of the University men’s 1st XV in BUCS Super Rugby, will also wear the armband for England, who begin their campaign against Wales. Joining Treacey in the England squad are fellow Bath Rugby Academy players James Linegar (Sport...
The University of Bath men’s 1st XV stretched their BUCS Super Rugby winning run to six matches by recording a hard-fought 39-26 victory over local rivals Hartpury at the Team Bath Sports Training Village. The teams were deadlocked at 19-19 at half-time but the hosts, who are sponsored by Bath Building Society, dug deep to eventually come through with the points and successfully defend the BUCS Challenge Shield for a third time. A topsy-turvy first...
University of Bath student Vilikesa ‘Billy’ Sela has been named in the England Rugby squad for the 2026 Guinness Men’s Six Nations Championships. The Bath Rugby prop, who studies Sports Performance, is one of three uncapped players selected in the 36-strong squad by Head Coach Steve Borthwick, himself a Bath graduate and Hall of Fame for Sport inductee. Sela, at 20 years old, is the youngest player in the squad but has already gained plenty...
The University of Bath men’s 1st XV kicked off 2026 with an impressive 29-14 BUCS Super Rugby away win at Nottingham. It was a tricky first fixture after the Christmas break, with Nottingham sitting fourth in the table and the visitors – sponsored by Bath Building Society – missing several players on international duty. However, first-half tries from Oli Sedgwick, Claudius Wheeler (pictured) and Henry Bartlett, the latter two converted by James Beverley, gave Bath...
