Heyneke Meyer and Stuart Lancaster linked with vacant Bath coaching post

• Mike Ford left Bath after ninth-placed finish in Premiership• Saracens’ Mark McCall disappointed to see rival leave BathThe search for a new director of rugby has begun at Bath with names as diverse as Heyneke Meyer, Pat Lam, Gregor Townsend and Stuart Lancaster linked with the role vacated by Mike Ford on Monday. A year ago, Ford was the Premiership’s director of rugby of the season; now his team’s ninth-placed finish has inclined the Bath chairman, Bruce Craig, to send him on his way.“It was an honour to be part of the Bath Family for four years,” wrote Ford on Twitter. “Thank you to the s…