Northampton Saints lack quality when they need it most
1 decade ago by The TelegraphThe fact that everybody knows the rules concerning the Aviva Premiership play-offs doesn’t lessen the pain of finishing top of the table at the end of the regular season but not having your day of glory...
Bath 47 Leicester 10 match report: Matt Banahan scores hat-trick as Tigers are tamed
1 decade ago by Telegraph Rugby NewsBath are back. They will face Saracens in next weekend’s Aviva Premiership final, their first final in this competition since 2004, and it is only right and proper that they should be there. They...
Bath Rugby team news: Stuart Hooper, Jonathan Joseph and Ross...
1 decade ago by Bath ChronicleCaptain Stuart Hooper will return to lead Bath Rugby from the second row when they face Leicester Tigers in Saturday's Aviva Premiership play-off semi-final showdown at The Rec (5pm). Hooper and hooker...
Leicester Tigers team news: Marcos Ayerza starts in only change...
1 decade ago by Leicester MercuryMarcos Ayerza returns to the Leicester Tigers starting line-up for the Aviva Premiership semi-final at Bath tomorrow. Ayerza starts at loosehead prop in the only change to the team that secured Tigers'...
Bath in 50-point trial run
1 decade ago by Rugby 365Bath warmed up for their Premiership home semifinal by seeing seven different try-scorers lift them to 50-30 victory over West Country rivals Gloucester at the Rec. Gloucester bookmarked the first...
VIDEO: Highlights of Bath Rugby's one-point win over Harlequins
1 decade ago by Bath ChronicleBath Rugby secured their home Premiership semi-final thanks to a 26-27 win away to Harlequins on Friday night. George Ford kicked five from five and Francois Louw, Horacio Agulla and Leroy Houston all...
Premiership weekend review: If Leicester play with same ferocity they did to beat Wasps, Northampton will suffer
1 decade ago by The TelegraphIt will not matter what sort of side Northampton select on Saturday, if Leicester play with the same simmering intensity and passion as they did in Coventry, then they will be fiendishly difficult to...
Monye finishes on losing side
1 decade ago by Belfast Telegraph: Rugby08 May 2015Monye, who retires after next weekend's regular season finale at Newcastle, crossed in each half in an inspired evening that ended in the 68th minute when he departed to a standing...
James taking nothing for granted
1 decade ago by Belfast Telegraph: Rugby07 May 2015Victory over Harlequins at the Twickenham Stoop on Friday night would guarantee Bath's place in the play-offs, joining reigning champions Northampton. But prop James knows...
Wilson back in Bath pack
1 decade ago by Belfast Telegraph: Rugby07 May 2015Wilson has not played since a European Rugby Challenge Cup game against Glasgow at the end of January and missed the entire RBS 6 Nations Championship. But the 30-year-old...
