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Bath Rugby Club is one of the oldest rugby clubs in existence. In fact, the history of the club dates all the way back to the actions of Lansdown Cricket Club in 1825. The cricket club was incredibly popular but the team only met in summer when the weather was warm enough to play cricket. Searching for something to do in the colder winter months, the cricketers founded Bath Rugby Club.
Read on to learn even more about Bath Rugby. On this page, you’ll find all the latest news about the side and you’ll also be able to see a full list of the upcoming Bath Rugby fixtures
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Bath Rugby Club is one of the oldest rugby clubs in existence. In fact, the history of the club dates all the way back to the actions of Lansdown Cricket Club in 1825. The cricket club was incredibly popular but the team only met in summer when the weather was warm enough to play cricket. Searching for something to do in the colder winter months, the cricketers founded Bath Rugby Club.
Read on to learn even more about Bath Rugby. On this page, you’ll find all the latest news about the side and you’ll also be able to see a full list of the upcoming Bath Rugby fixtures
Fixtures & Results
Tournaments
Standings
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Heineken Cup -
Premiership Cup
Heineken Cup 
- Heineken Cup
- Premiership Cup
| Round 0 | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | PD | BP T | BP -7 | BP | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
-  Ospreys | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Scarlets | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Stade Francais | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Castres | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Toulouse | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Cardiff Blues | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Bordeaux | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Leicester Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Bristol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Harlequins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Wasps | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Munster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Ulster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Leinster | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Glasgow Warriors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Exeter Chiefs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Clermont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Racing 92 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Montpellier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  La Rochelle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Northampton Saints | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Sale Sharks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Bath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
-  Connacht | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Round 0 |
|---|
| - Ospreys |
| - Scarlets |
| - Stade Francais |
| - Castres |
| - Toulouse |
| - Cardiff Blues |
| - Bordeaux |
| - Leicester Tigers |
| - Bristol |
| - Harlequins |
| - Wasps |
| - Munster |
| - Ulster |
| - Leinster |
| - Glasgow Warriors |
| - Exeter Chiefs |
| - Clermont |
| - Racing 92 |
| - Montpellier |
| - La Rochelle |
| - Northampton Saints |
| - Sale Sharks |
| - Bath |
| - Connacht |
Bath Rugby History
At first the Bath Rugby team played sporadically. However, by the 1890s, the team was regularly playing competitive fixtures against a number of English and Welsh teams. However, the Bath Rugby team did not tour overseas until 1954 when they visited France and beat all three sides they faced.
In the 1960s and 70s, Bath Rugby gained a reputation as a team with a fast-paced and attacking style of rugby. Not only did the club produce top players like Peter Sibley and Peter Heindorff, but Bath also started regularly beating top Welsh sides. Then, in 1978, the arrival of coach Jack Rowell changed the team’s ethos. Instead of simply picking local players, the team started recruiting from all over the country. As a result, Bath dominated the John Player Cup and won the tournament four years in a row between 1984 and 1987.
Following the team’s 1987 success, a formal league structure started. As expected, Bath dominated the early years of the competition. They won it six times in eight years and did the ‘double’ four times.
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Players
Forwards
Beno Obano Prop 
Juan Schoeman Prop 
Tom Dunn Hooker 
Jacques Du Toit Hooker 
Johannes Jonker Prop 
D'arcy Rae Prop 
Charlie Ewels Lock 
Mike Williams Lock 
Josh Bayliss Flanker 6 
Tom Ellis Flanker 6 
Sam Underhill Flanker 7 
Jaco Coetzee Number 8 
Miles Reid Number 8 Backs
More Bath Rugby History
Since rugby union became a professional sport, Bath have been unable to repeat the same level of success they experienced as an amateur side. In fact, the team has only finished at the top of the leaderboard in the Premiership on one occasion (2003-04) and they have never won the competition. Plus, the Bath Rugby team also last won the Heineken Champions Cup in 1997-98 and have only won the European Rugby Challenge Cup once, in 2007-08.
In spite of this though, Bath are still a storied English side. In fact, even though they usually play at The Recreation Ground, the team is so popular that every year one of the Bath Rugby fixtures is held at Twickenham and more than 60,000 people usually attend.
Similarly, over the past 20 years, some of rugby union’s finest players have donned a Bath Rugby shirt. At present, several established international stars also play for the side, including Taulupe Faletau, Sam Underhill and Jonathan Joseph.
Statistics
2022
- 2022
- 2021
- 2020
- 2019
- 2018
- 2017
- 2016
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All Teams
- All Teams
- Sale Sharks 17 Sep
- Northampton Saints 11 Jun
- Harlequins 28 May
- Sale Sharks 13 May
- Wasps 24 Apr
- Leicester Tigers 17 Apr
- London Irish 26 Mar
- Worcester Warriors 19 Mar
- Newcastle Falcons 12 Mar
- Exeter Chiefs 5 Mar
- Northampton Saints 27 Feb
- Gloucester 18 Feb
- Sale Sharks 11 Feb
- Harlequins 5 Feb
- Bristol 28 Jan
- Wasps 7 Jan
- Leicester Tigers 2 Jan
- Scarlets 11 Dec
- Worcester Warriors 4 Dec
- Exeter Chiefs 27 Nov
- Newcastle Falcons 20 Nov
- Exeter Chiefs 9 Oct
- Saracens 3 Oct
- Gloucester 21 Sep
- Sale Sharks 12 Sep
- Worcester Warriors 8 Sep
- Harlequins 4 Sep
- Wasps 30 Aug
- Northampton Saints 25 Aug
- Leicester Tigers 21 Aug
- London Irish 14 Aug
- Exeter Chiefs 6 Mar
- Bristol 29 Feb
- Harlequins 21 Feb
- Worcester Warriors 14 Feb
- Leicester Tigers 24 Jan
- Ulster 17 Jan
- Harlequins 9 Jan
- Gloucester 3 Jan
- Sale Sharks 27 Dec
- London Irish 21 Dec
- Clermont 14 Dec
- Clermont 5 Dec
- Saracens 28 Nov
- Harlequins 22 Nov
- Ulster 15 Nov
- Northampton Saints 8 Nov
- Wasps 1 Nov
- Exeter Chiefs 24 Oct
- Bristol 17 Oct
- Gloucester 10 Oct
- Exeter Chiefs 20 Sep
- Leicester Tigers 17 May
- Wasps 4 May
- Sale 25 Apr
- Gloucester 12 Apr
- Bristol 5 Apr
- Exeter 23 Mar
- Saracens 7 Mar
- Harlequins 1 Mar
- Northampton 22 Feb
- Newcastle 15 Feb
- Toulouse 19 Jan
- Wasps 11 Jan
- Worcester 4 Jan
- Leicester 29 Dec
- Wasps 22 Dec
- Leinster 14 Dec
- Leinster 7 Dec
- Sale 1 Dec
- Newcastle 22 Nov
- Worcester 16 Nov
- Wasps 19 Oct
- Toulouse 12 Oct
- Exeter 4 Oct
- Saracens 28 Sep
- Northampton 21 Sep
- Harlequins 14 Sep
- Gloucester 7 Sep
- Bristol 30 Aug
- London Irish 4 May
- Gloucester 27 Apr
- Saracens 14 Apr
- Leicester 6 Apr
- Exeter 22 Mar
- Harlequins 3 Mar
- Sale 23 Feb
- Newcastle 15 Feb
- Northampton 8 Feb
- Benetton 19 Jan
- Scarlets 11 Jan
- Worcester 4 Jan
- Wasps 28 Dec
- Sale 22 Dec
- Toulon 15 Dec
- Toulon 8 Dec
- Exeter 1 Dec
- Harlequins 24 Nov
- London Irish 18 Nov
- Gloucester 28 Oct
- Scarlets 19 Oct
- Benetton 13 Oct
- Worcester 6 Oct
- Wasps 30 Sep
- Newcastle 22 Sep
- Northampton 14 Sep
- Saracens 8 Sep
- Leicester 2 Sep
- Sale 5 May
- Gloucester 29 Apr
- Worcester 14 Apr
- Leicester 7 Apr
- Saracens 25 Mar
- Wasps 3 Mar
- Bristol 25 Feb
- Harlequins 17 Feb
- Northampton 9 Feb
- Newcastle 5 Jan
- Exeter 30 Dec
- Wasps 23 Dec
- Saracens 2 Dec
- Harlequins 26 Nov
- Bristol 17 Nov
- Exeter 29 Oct
- Sale 6 Oct
- Gloucester 30 Sep
- Leicester 24 Sep
- Worcester 16 Sep
- Newcastle 9 Sep
- Northampton 2 Sep
- Attack
- Team Play
- Defence
- Discipline
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Attack
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Team Play
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Defence
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