Three University of Bath rugby players have been named in the England Students squad for this month’s international matches in France. Will Britton (pictured), who captained the IKON Construction-sponsored men’s 1st XV to the BUCS Super Rugby semi-finals for a second successive season, is joined in the squad by Bath Rugby Academy players Jack Edmondson and Will Partington, who play prop and full-back respectively. University of Bath Head of Rugby Aaron James is Head Coach of...
The University of Bath men’s 1st XV’s dreams of reaching the BUCS Super Rugby Championship final were dashed by an excellent Cardiff Met performance tonight. Bath, sponsored by IKON Construction and supported by Investigo, got off a fine start and led through a Levi Davis try converted by Will Partington, only for the visitors to respond through Tom Morgan and George Simpson. A Jack Davies try, added to by Partington, briefly levelled the scores at...
The University of Bath men’s 1st XV will have home advantage in the semi-finals of the BUCS Rugby Championship as they look to secure their place at Twickenham. The IKON Construction-sponsored team, who are also supported by Investigo, will take on Severn Derby rivals Cardiff Met at the Sports Training Village on Wednesday, April 4 (7pm kick-off) and admission to spectators is free. Victory that night would see Bath through to the national final at...
University of Bath graduates Deborah Fleming, Natasha Hunt and Amy Wilson Hardy have been named in the Team England women’s rugby sevens squad for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. It is the first time that the sport will have been contested at a Commonwealth Games, with England being drawn against Fiji, host nation Australia and Wales in Pool B. Hunt, who studied Coach Education & Sports Development, and Wilson Hardy, an Integrated Mechanical &...
Two high scoring phases at the beginning of each half proved the cornerstones of a 58-15 ten-try home win Wednesday for the University of Bath first XV team against Cardiff University in the last-16 of the BUCs Super Rugby Championships. Cardiff held the floodgates in the first half, countering the Ikon-sponsored and Investigo-supported Bath side’s three opening tries with two of their own. Pressure mounted on the visitors in the second half with some powerful,...
A strong second-half performance gave the University of Bath men's 1st XV some positives to take from their final BUCS Super Rugby league match of the 2017-18 season, a 29-17 defeat away to local rivals Hartpury College. The match was played in snowy conditions and IKON Construction-sponsored Bath were caught cold in the first half, going 24-0 down. They were much improved in the second period, though, and got on the scoresheet when Will Partington...
The University of Bath men’s 1st XV pushed title-chasing Exeter University all the way in a televised thriller before being edged out 36-28 in the penultimate BUCS Super Rugby game of the season. Exeter had won comfortably when the teams met at the Sports Training Village but Bath, sponsored by IKON Construction and supported by Investigo, showed how far they have come since then during an action-packed battle at Exeter Chiefs’ Sandy Park. The hosts...
The University of Bath men’s 1st XV brought the curtain down on their 2017-18 BUCS Super Rugby home campaign in fine style as they beat Nottingham Trent 50-25 at the Sports Training Village on Wednesday. On a bitterly cold night, Bath – sponsored by IKON Construction and supported by Investigo – warmed up the crowd by running in seven tries on the way to their biggest win of the season. Charlie Dunbar, Jack Davies and...
The University of Bath men’s 1st XV scored five tries at Newcastle’s Kingston Park on Friday but still found themselves on the wrong end of a 37-33 scoreline after a cracking BUCS Super Rugby match against Northumbria. The visitors, sponsored by IKON Construction and supported by Investigo, scored twice in the opening ten minutes before Northumbria hit back with two converted tries and two penalties of their own to lead 20-14 at the break. Bath...
Darren Atkins has followed fellow University of Bath student Josh Bayliss in signing a new contract with Bath Rugby that will see him step up into the Premiership club’s senior squad for the 2018-19 season. The talented full-back, who has represented the University men’s 1st XV in BUCS Super Rugby, is one of a number of Bath Rugby Academy players who combine training and playing for the Blue, Black & White with studying Sports Performance....
