A dominant second-half performance from Loughborough condemned the Team Bath men’s 1st XV to a fourth successive BUCS Super Rugby home defeat on an icy evening at the University of Bath Sports Training Village. There was little between the teams in the first half, the difference being a converted try two minutes before the break that gave the visitors a narrow 12-5 advantage. However, they powered away in the second period, adding four more tries...
Mistakes once again proved costly for Team Bath men’s 1st XV as a narrow 25-23 defeat to Northumbria extended their wait for a win at the University of Bath Sports Training Village this BUCS Super Rugby season. The visitors had only won once this season but belied their lowly position in the table with an excellent performance and led for all but five minutes of the game. Team Bath – sponsored by Fulkers Bailey Russell...
Team Bath men’s 1st XV were unable to find a way through Exeter’s well-drilled defence as the visitors took the spoils in an attritional BUCS Super Rugby derby. There were no tries from either side on a wet Wednesday evening at the University of Bath Sports Training Village, with the only points coming from the reliable boot of Exeter fly-half Harry Bazalgette. He slotted over six of his seven penalty attempts to secure an 18-0...
Team Bath men’s 1st XV suffered a frustrating defeat to Cardiff Met in their first BUCS Super Rugby match of the season at the University of Bath Sports Training Village. A 400-strong crowd enjoyed a closely-contested opening 60 minutes, which saw the match finely poised at 13-13. However, it was the visitors who eventually emerged with the spoils as they capitalised on a couple of errors from the Blue & Gold – sponsored by Fulkers...
Team Bath men’s 1st XV gave themselves the perfect springboard into a run of four successive BUCS Super Rugby home games as they recorded an impressive 38-21 victory in wet and windy conditions at Cardiff University on Wednesday. It was a first win on the road this season for the Blue & Gold – sponsored by Fulkers Bailey Russell – and completed a league double over Cardiff, following on from last month’s big win at...
Aspiring Olympians, both Summer and Winter, and reigning European and British Champions are among the latest intake of scholars to receive support from the University of Bath on both their sporting and academic journeys. The talented 2019-20 group of 15 student-athletes, who compete across 13 different sports, join 26 existing scholars who each receive a cash award that runs over the period of their course and helps them meet the demands of training, competing and...
Their wait for an away win continues but a last-minute try ensured Team Bath men’s 1st XV at least came away from today’s BUCS Super Rugby match at Leeds Beckett with a bonus point. The much-changed visitors, missing a number of players through injury, were always chasing the game after conceding two early tries and, despite a battling performance, were never quite able to get back into contention. They did keep it in the balance...
It was a frustrating wet Wednesday evening in Melksham for the Team Bath men’s 1st XV as they succumbed to a 31-12 BUCS Super Rugby defeat against local rivals Hartpury, The Blue & Gold – sponsored by Fulkers Bailey Russell – gifted Hartpury two of their three first-half tries, the visitors ruthlessly capitalising on an interception and a charge-down as they opened up a 24-5 lead. The second half of a bruising encounter – played...
Nigel Redman – a British Lions, England and Bath Rugby legend whose people development skills have helped nurture a generation of top-class coaches and athletes – today became the latest inductee into the University of Bath Hall of Fame for Sport. Among those in the Team Bath family who have benefited from Redman’s creative thinking and supportive mentoring over the past 20 years are Bobby Crutchley and Jess Thirlby, who have since progressed to national...
Team Bath men’s 1st XV gave a 6,500-strong crowd at The Rec plenty to cheer tonight as they stormed to a 52-25 BUCS Super Rugby victory over Cardiff University in the Anniversary Game. Iestyn Lewis, CEO of match sponsors and Team Bath partners Rengen, presented co-captains Jordan Martin and Ed Rimmer with the victors’ trophy after a fantastic performance by the home side in the University’s showpiece match. Team Bath’s pack was totally dominant throughout...
