Video: The brave finish from Tom de Glanville that has left him sweating with a neck injury
Tom de Glanville has quickly shown a penchant for scoring Gallagher Premiership tries, the Bath 20-year-old pouncing for his second five-pointer in consecutive games when he struck at Franklin’s Gardens on Wednesday night.
A son of former England captain Phil, who won a load of trophies with Bath in their 1990s heyday, Tom stepped up from the club’s academy in June to sign his first senior contract and his post-lockdown impact has been exceptional in firing Stuart Hooper’s into the Premiership play-offs positions.
Appearing off the bench in the league last Saturday at Welford Road, he was intuitively on Josh Matavesi’s shoulder to score after the out-half executed an outrageous dummy on halfway that ripped apart the Leicester cover.
He then started for the first time in the Premiership in midweek, Bath returning to East Midlands to add the scalp of Northampton to the one comfortably taken at Leicester just days earlier.
In a tight contest, the intervention of de Glanville around the hour mark was crucial in helping Bath along to their deserved 18-3 win. However, there was a price to be paid for his courage in gunning for the corner to score.
Brilliant from Tom de Glanville ?
The @bathrugby full-back gets the one-handed finish despite taking a hard hit…
A costly mistake under the high ball instantly punished! pic.twitter.com/H8NgSZQHC9
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He copped a double hit in the act of scoring, the second contact coming high around the neck from the arm of Rory Hutchinson, and it left him departing the pitch immediatedly for treatment.
Speaking in the aftermath of the win, Bath boss Hooper said about his England U20 graduate: “We are making sure we look after Tom the best we can. He took a hit, and credit to him for scoring the try. But thoughts are with him at the moment.”
An update is now awaited from the club as to the full extent of the injury but Bath can take pride in the determination shown by de Glanville in ensuring he remained in play and cleanly got the touch down for the game’s decisive try, an outcome that gave his club just their second league win at Franklin’s since 2000.
Ruaridh McConnochie scores with his first touch ?
A gift for @bathrugby as the England winger comes straight off the bench and jogs under the posts! pic.twitter.com/JFugXHBInq
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Bar the injuries, it’s pretty much their top team …
2 Go to commentsDon’t disagree with much of this but it appears you forgot Rodda and Beale, who started at the Force on the weekend.
9 Go to commentsExcept for the injured Zach Gallagher this would be Saders best forward pack for the season. Blackadder needs to stay at 7, for all of Christies tackling he is not dominant and offers very little else. McNicholfullback is maybe a good option, Fihaki not really upto it, there was a reason Burke played there last year. Maybe Havilli to 2nd five McLeod to wing. Need a strong winger on 1 side to compliment Reece
1 Go to commentsTo me TJ is clearly the best 9 in the competition right now but he's also a proven player off the bench, there's few playmaking players who can come off the bench as calm and settled as he is, Beauden can, TJ can and I doubt any of the scrumhalves in contention can, if they want to experiment with new 9s I want him on the bench ready to step in if they crumble under the pressure. The Boks put their best front row on the bench, I'd like to see us take a similar approach, the Hurricanes have been doing similar things with players like Kirifi.
35 Go to commentsROG has better chance to win a WC if he starts training and make himself eligible as a player. He won’t make the Ireland squad but I reckon he may get close with Namibia (needs to improve his Afrikaans) or Portugal. Both sides had 1000:1 odds to win the RWC in 2023 which is an improvement on ROG’s odds of winning a RWC as a coach. Unlike Top 14 teams, national teams can’t go shopping and buy the best players - you work with the available talent pool and turn them into world beaters.
2 Go to commentsthat backline nope that backline is terrible why would you have sevu Reece when he’s not even top 5 wingers in the comp why have Blackadder when there’s better players no Scott barret isn’t an automatic the guy is more of a liability than anything why have him there when you have samipeni who’s far far better
35 Go to commentsAh, good to find you Nick. Agree with everything about Cale. So much to like about his game
49 Go to commentsNot too bad. Questions at 6, lock and HB for me. The ABs will be a lot stronger once Jordan and Roigard return. Also, work needs to be made to secure Frizzell back for next season and maybe also Mo’unga; they’re just wasting time playing in japan
35 Go to commentsOn the title, i wonder for many of those people it is a case something like a belief in working smarter, not harder?
1 Go to commentsForget Sotutu. One of those whose top level is Super Rugby. Id take a punt on Wallace Sititi Finau ahead of Glass body Blackadder.
35 Go to commentsI’m a pensioner so I've been around a bit. My opinion of SBW is he is an elite athlete and a great New Zealander and roll model. He has been to the top and knows what he's talking about. To all the negative comments regarding SBW the typical New Zealand way, cut that tall poppy down.
17 Go to commentsI'm not listening to a guy moralise over others when this is the guy who walked out mid season on Canterbury RLFC when he had a contract with them, what a hypocrite. All the Kiwis sticking up for this unprincipled individual because they can't accept justified criticism, he has zero credibility or integrity. Those praising him are a joke.
17 Go to commentsI’d put Finau at 6 instead of Blackadder but that’s the only change I’d make. Can’t wait to see who Razor picks.
35 Go to commentsTamati Williams, Codie Taylor, and Same Cane? Not sure about Hoskins Sotutu at test level. Wasn’t that impressive last season. Need a balance between experience and talent/youth.
35 Go to commentsInteresting insight. Fantastic athlete, and a genuine human being.
17 Go to commentsThey played at night in Suva last weekend and it’s an afternoon game forecast for 19 degrees in Canberra this weekend. Heat change is a non issue.
2 Go to commentsWishing Rosie a speedy recovery
1 Go to commentsObscene that SA haven’t been knocking
1 Go to commentsChances of Blackadder being injured seem too high to give him serious consideration. ABs loosie combination finally looked good with 2 committed to tackling and clearing rucks in the centre and Ardie roaming. Hoskins/Ardie together would force one of them into where they don’t excel and don’t get to use their talent, or require a change in tactics. If we continue to evolve last years systems I would take Papali’i and Finau at 6 and 7 (conceding that Blackadder will be injured) and Ardie at 8.
35 Go to commentsArdie’s preferred position 7? Where do they get these writers from? I've no idea where he's playing in Japan, but the previous two seasons he wore the 7 jersey exactly twice.
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