Bath coach Mike Ford's chaos theory brings new dimension to attack

Bath were training with Wigan Warriors this week practising chaos theory, which is defined as the science of surprise, of the nonlinear and the unpredictable.

Many Premiership teams will recognise and shudder at the description whether it conjures memories of an unexpected Kyle Eastmond step, a Jonathan Joseph break or a George Ford mispass that has caused many a defence to splinter and crack.

For Mike Ford, the head coach, chaos, when both attack and defence have lost their vaunted structure, is the best condition in which to operate.

“We call chaos attack a turnover or when they kic…