New Team Bath BUCS Super Rugby captain Tom Doughty says it will be “a massive honour” to wear the armband during the 2018-19 season. The all-action hooker, a Sports Performance student at the University of Bath, takes over in the role from Sports & Social Sciences graduate Will Britton – both have signed Academy forms with Bath Rugby this summer. “It’s a massive honour to be made captain, it’s something I’ve wanted to do for...
A good nutritional plan is essential to getting the most out of your training and competition. In the latest of our series of Team Bath health and lifestyle videos, our nutritionists look at three facts you should know that can help you train harder, recover faster and improve your overall performance. We also look at the 'three Rs' of post-exercise nutrition - rehydrate, replenish and rebuild. Watch the videos below and check out the series...
The Team Bath men’s rugby union squad began pre-season training this week ahead of an exciting 2018-19 BUCS Super Rugby campaign that will start and finish in front of their home fans – and once again include an Anniversary Game at the home of Bath Rugby. The season begins during Freshers’ Week when the Blue & Gold entertain Northumbria at the University of Bath on Wednesday, September 26, and concludes in March when old rivals...
Seven University of Bath students past and present all won medals as they represented England and Wales at the European Touch Rugby Championships in Nottingham. Psychology student Bronte Sykes, who received support from the Team Bath Elite Athlete Fund towards her competition expenses, was vice-captain of an England Women’s Open team that remained undefeated as they successfully defended their title. Sport & Exercise Science graduate Dom Tripp captained the England Men’s Open team, which also...
A Bath Rugby squad featuring five University of Bath students suffered a last-gasp defeat to Harlequins in the quarter-finals of the Premiership Rugby 7s tournament at Franklin’s Gardens in Northampton. A late try from Business Masters student and Santander Sporting Scholar Jack Davies looked to have won it for the Blue, Black and White but, with the clock in the red, Quins captain Callum Waters scored from a quickly-taken penalty to seal a 31-29 victory. Defeat...
Will Britton, Jack Davies and Tom Doughty have become the latest University of Bathrugby players to sign senior Academy contracts with Gallagher Premiership club Bath Rugby. All three have played major roles for the Blue and Gold during the first two seasons of the national BUCS Super Rugby competition, with second-row forward Britton wearing the captain’s armband both years. Sports Performance student Doughty, a prolific try-scorer at hooker, will take over the captaincy for the...
Team Bath BUCS Super Rugby players Will Flinn, Scott Russell and Craig Duncan have all signed for Greene King IPA Championship clubs after graduating from the University of Bath. Fly-half Flinn and second-row forward Russell – who both studied Sports Performance – have started their contracts at newly-promoted Coventry RFC, while versatile back Duncan has joined London Scottish. Duncan, who studied Natural Sciences before taking a Postgraduate course in Management, arrived at the University as...
The University of Bath’s rugby club will once again have a representative at the World Rugby U20 Championship after sporting scholar Beck Cutting was named in the England squad for the 2018 edition. The hooker, who studies Sport & Social Sciences and is supported by a Trendell Scholarship, has been selected in the 28-man squad for the tournament being staged in France from May 30 to June 17. Cutting plays his club rugby for Worcester...
American Footballer Alex Jenkins has praised the University of Bath as “the best sports uni in the UK” after using its world-renowned training facilities to step up his preparations for the 2018-19 NFL season. Jenkins, a defensive end for the New Orleans Saints, spent two weeks working out at the Sports Training Village during a recent close-season return to his home city of Bath. Following a bespoke programme put together by Team Bath physiotherapist Katy...
The University of Bath men’s rugby club will play Weston Hornets RFC in the final of the Somerset Senior Cup on Friday (7.30pm). The IKON Construction-sponsored team beat the first XVs of Weston-super-Mare and Clevedon in the last eight and semi-finals respectively. Chris Lilley, who is coaching the Blue & Gold, said: “This is the tenth year the University has entered into the Somerset Senior Cup, a competition we are proud to be involved in....
