It wasn’t the hours of chemotherapy, the violent retching, the exhaustion, or the mental trauma of tackling Hodgkin’s Lymphoma that stung Joe Batley deepest – it was a phone call.
Joe Batley was given the all-clear to resume playing after a course of debilitating chemotherapy and was on loan at Leicester before the 2019/20 Gallagher Premiership season was suspended.
All of the starting line-ups for the Gallagher Premiership Round Four action this Boxing Day and Christmas weekend.
Scotland internationals Duncan Weir and Cornell du Preez will make their first appearances of the Gallagher Premiership season for Warriors against Bath Rugby at Sixways.
There has been huge interest in the goings-on at Sale and the Steve Diamond has now announced the Premiership XV that will face Worcester on Wednesday.
Sunday's match at AJ Bell is still in jeopardy but Worcester have named their team just in any case they do get to play Sale in the Premiership.
Bears boss Pat Lam has confirmed a huge turnover of players at Bristol, with 4 of the 20 who are leaving retiring from playing.
The ex-Tigers academy graduate crossed once in each half as the Londoners were too strong for the visitors at Allianz Park despite a Ben White score.