England trio's Six Nations experience can only help Bath, insists head coach Mike Ford

There will be no need to toast absent friends at the Rec on Saturday for Bath
supporters recognise that the experience being gained with England
by the likes of George Ford, Jonathan Joseph and Anthony Watson can only
serve the club in good stead for years to come.

The Bath management
certainly think that way.




The stadium will be packed for the top-of-the-table clash with champions
Northampton, a fixture that still has spine-tingling resonance despite
depleted cast lists on both sides, the locals excited as much by the
escapades of those who are just out of England…