BATH RUGBY - 2014/15

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Sat 16th Aug 14;15 Bath vs Scarlets
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Sat 6th Sep 14 14:00  Sale Sharks v Bath Rugby
Sat 13th Sep 14 15:00 Bath Rugby v London Welsh
Sat 20th Sep 14 15:15 Bath Rugby v Leicester Tigers
Sat 27th Sep 14 15:15 Northampton Saints v Bath Rugby
Fri 3rd Oct 14 19:45  Bath Rugby v Saracens
Sun 12th Oct 14 14:00 Wasps v Bath Rugby
Sat 15th Nov 14 15:00 Bath Rugby v Newcastle Falcons
Sat 22nd Nov 14 15:00 London Irish v Bath Rugby
Sat 29th Nov 14 15:00 Bath Rugby v Harlequins
Sat 20th Dec 14 15:00 Gloucester Rugby v Bath Rugby
Sat 27th Dec 14 15:00 Bath Rugby v Exeter Chiefs
Sat 3rd Jan 15 15:00 Leicester Tigers v Bath Rugby
Sat 10th Jan 15 15:00 Bath Rugby v Wasps
Sun 15th Feb 15 15:00 Saracens v Bath Rugby
Sat 21st Feb 15 15:00 Bath Rugby v Northampton Saints
Sat 28th Feb 15 15:00 Exeter Chiefs v Bath Rugby
Sat 7th Mar 15 15:00 Bath Rugby v Sale Sharks
Sun 29th Mar 15 14:30 London Welsh v Bath Rugby
Sun 12th Apr 15 15:00 Newcastle Falcons v Bath Rugby
Sat 25th Apr 15 15:00 Bath Rugby v London Irish
Sat 9th May 15 15:00 Harlequins v Bath Rugby
16/17 May Bath Rugby v Gloucester Rugby
 
 
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Can I have a large slice of Humble pie please? Great performance from Bath

JJ is England's best 13 by a distance. I know Manu is a battering ram but as an all rounder JJ is far far better.

Cumbrian wrote:What's with the reactions from the Toulouse players? Yes it was a high tackle from Banahan, but it wasn't THAT bad FFS.

Could have been yellow. I think clancy was so determined to to be influenced by the home crowd he erred the other way

Really impressed with Thomas at the scrum this season. Come on massively (I thought it back in the 6N but he seems to have improved again). Joseph should be in the 6N squad. Should have been in the AI squad but can't remember if he was injured.

Hood83 wrote:JJ is England's best 13 by a distance. I know Manu is a battering ram but as an all rounder JJ is far far better.

Yup - really standing up and shouting for England selection. he might just be the man with the sparkle for England

I reckon England should at least try him, after the 6th though

This should be intre bag now... Great bath performance

HammerofThunor wrote:Joseph should be in the 6N squad. Should have been in the AI squad but can't remember if he was injured.

May have had a problem for first game. however i seem to remember him being in the extended squad and released every Tuesday.

On current form he is scintillating, where he looked like he would be back in 2012. However his last season at LI and first at Bath were not at all good. Would quite like to see Ford, Burrell or Barritt (Burritt?), and Joseph lineup vs Wales.

If they keep the squad largely the same Bath are going to be one hell of an outfit next season.

TJ wrote:

Cumbrian wrote:What's with the reactions from the Toulouse players?  Yes it was a high tackle from Banahan, but it wasn't THAT bad FFS.

Could have been yellow.  I think clancy was so determined to to be influenced by the home crowd he erred the other way

If that was a yellow card, Flood surely should have seen a yellow card earlier? That one was shown in slow-mo so the ref can't possibly have missed it? Maybe it was a yellow card for Banahan, but I really don't appreciate simulation in rugby. Stand up and be a man, don't cry out like a footballer and don't pretend you are hurt when you are not!

Fantastic display.

One of the most complete performance I have seen from an English team away in Europe. Well done Bath. Toulouse were poor though.

Why do Bath always play well in Toulouse...

LT, Burrell and Joesph would be my preferred.

Cumbria , for that we need the discipline structure not to take into account reaction to an act. So if you punch someone in the face you treated the same regardless of whether they collapse or not. At the minute it's not the case so players are encouraged to make the most of contact (which is exactly how it started in football/soccer). But stuff like Huget's effort has to be stamped on...hard. If you can see that there was issue (clutching your face where you were hit elsewhere) they HAVE to be banned for a long time.

Congrats, enjoy it. Great perfformance

HammerofThunor wrote:LT, Burrell and Joesph would be my preferred.

Cumbria , for that we need the discipline structure not to take into account reaction to an act. So if you punch someone in the face you treated the same regardless of whether they collapse or not. At the minute it's not the case so players are encouraged to make the most of contact (which is exactly how it started in football/soccer). But stuff like Huget's effort has to be stamped on...hard. If you can see that there was issue (clutching your face where you were hit elsewhere) they HAVE to be banned for a long time.

Agreed.

Well done Bath - see you at the Rec next week - it should be a cracker.

TJ wrote:Can I have a large slice of Humble pie please? Great performance from Bath

Nobody want to take me up on that?

Great result - well done Bath.

TJ - enjoy your humble pie then but I didn't see any comments from you that were necessarily deserving of said pie.

As George says next week should be a cracker.

George Carlin wrote:Well done Bath - see you at the Rec next week - it should be a cracker.

Mostly good eggs on these boards, doubt there are many people lining up to say I told you so.

EDIT: Wrong person!

Was directed at TJ!

Pretty unreal to go down to Toulouse and get a win like that, I can't really believe it!

If Joseph doesn't make the England squad now then frankly he never will, he is playing so well at the moment.

Bring on next week, we owe Glasgow a performance...

Welly wrote:Bath are the mercenaries in this game weirdly.

I don't understand

Bathman_in_London wrote:Pretty unreal to go down to Toulouse and get a win like that, I can't really believe it!

If Joseph doesn't make the England squad now then frankly he never will, he is playing so well at the moment.

Bring on next week, we owe Glasgow a performance...

I am very much afraid that based on the respective teams performances since the game at Scotstoun, there is only going to be one winner - and it won't be the visiting hordes from Caledonia. But hopefully it wil be a good game - both sides can play a bit if they want to.

stub wrote:Great result - well done Bath.

TJ - enjoy your humble pie then but I didn't see any comments from you that were necessarily deserving of said pie.

As George says next week should be a cracker.

Unfortunately I remember making them. Nice to be let of lightly tho and that is a damn good win for Bath. Not looking forward to next week

Just brilliant by Bath today. Cracking result

Some of the best attacking rugby I've seen in well... ever!

A nice bit of revenge on Glasgow next please.

Bathman_in_London wrote:Pretty unreal to go down to Toulouse and get a win like that, I can't really believe it!

If Joseph doesn't make the England squad now then frankly he never will, he is playing so well at the moment.

Bring on next week, we owe Glasgow a performance...

If you want bang crash wallop, he won't make it. It'll be a classic case of English defence first mentality, sadly.

TJ wrote:

TJ wrote:Can I have a large slice of Humble pie please?  Great performance from Bath

Nobody want to take me up on that?

Don't know what you have to worry about TJ, after all next week Bath have nothing to play for...

Your banter is craved, nay required, men and women of Someset and surrounding area:
https://www.606v2.com/t57304-ercc-pool-4-round-6-bath-rugby-v-glasgow-warriors

Well done Bath.

Great performance from 1-23.

Personally I thought man of the match was Garvey - definitely has put his hands up for England selection in my opinion with that performance.

What are the thoughts on Yoann Huget? Good player but shouldn't resort to play acting to try and get penalties. I would hope the powers that be take a very dim view and ban him but more than likely won't happen. I can find a link direct to the video but it can be found on this site...

https://www.facebook.com/TheRugbyBanterPage?fref=nf

Sorry but Huget should be banned....like Habana etc also should have been.

To dive like that is the absolute pits.

Disgraceful playacting by Huget - should be banned for bringing the game into disrepute.

As for how long I don't know. Minimum 4 weeks though in my opinion.

Sadly Beshocked Garvey will never be back in the England squad and we all know it.

Which is a disgrace when we can see what he offers.

I really must have a Garvey blind spot as I just do not see it. Felt Louw was far superior as a back rower and was really impressed with the amount of tackling Fearns managed in just 30 minutes, but did think Garvey looked much better when he moved to second row though.

Great win for the 2/3rd string away at Quins. Awesome performance with 10 away with England, great from the academy and Lahiff got some minutes too

The most important England vs Wales encounter of the whole weekend Bath vs Ospreys LV cup !

Bath are fielding what i think is the largest centre pairing in the history of the game (anyone going to prove me wrong !) as per usual our pack looks like it eats baby and glass sandwiches, Roko is back on the bench (great to see) and apparently Luke arscott is actually alive although he hasn't been seen or heard of in 4 months !? injured?


Bath: 15 Horacio Agulla, 14 Olly Woodburn, 13 Matt Banahan, 12 Sam Burgess, 11 Richard Lane, 10 Ollie Devoto, 9 Will Homer, 8 Carl Fearns, 7 Guy Mercer, 6 David Sisi, 5 Tom Ellis, 4 Stuart Hooper (c), 3 Kane Palma-Newport, 3 Kane Palma-Newport, 2 Rob Webber, 1 Max Lahiff
Replacements: 16 Tom Dunn, 17 Beno Obano, 18 Henry Thomas, 19 Alafoti Fa'osiliva, 20 Leroy Houston, 21 Chris Cook, 22 Luke Arscott, 23 Semesa Rokoduguni

Ospreys: 15 Richard Fussell, 14 Tom Grabham, 13 Jonathan Spratt (c), 12 Josh Matavesi, 11 Aisea Natoga, 10 Sam Davies, 9 Martin Roberts, 8 Joe Bearman, 7 Sam Lewis, 6 Olly Cracknell, 5 Rhodri Hughes, 4 Tevita Cavubati, 3 Cai Griffiths, 2 Scott Otten, 1 Marc Thomas
Replacements: 16 Matthew Dwyer, 17 Duncan Jones, 18 Daniel Suter, 19 Tyler Ardron, 20 Ieuan Jones, 21 Tom Habberfield, 22 Ben John, 23 Hanno Dirksen

Date: Saturday, February 7
Venue: Recreation Ground, Bath
Kick-off: 15.00 GMT
Referee: Dean Richards

You've also managed to clone Kane Palmer-Newport. No wonder the salary cap was looking a bit funny

sssssh, no-ones noticed our secret as to why our pack does so well !

Wales 16 - Bath 21.

What do you guys think of Russell Crowe slating your shirt?

TightHEAD wrote:What do you guys think of Russell Crowe slating your shirt?

Your shirt too H.

TightHEAD wrote:What do you guys think of Russell Crowe slating your shirt?

I think that Robin Hood is one of the worst films i've ever seen

Bathite wrote:

TightHEAD wrote:What do you guys think of Russell Crowe slating your shirt?

I think that Robin Hood is one of the worst films i've ever seen

Yet not the worst Robin Hood film.

Now if Slammin Sam had to wear this one - then his mate Russ could complain:

Good point LT! That was a shocker