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Planning your return to training after lockdown? Here’s some advice to help minimise the risk of injury and soreness
With the UK Government announcing the framework for a return to recreational team sport, many people – keen amateurs, student-athletes and elite performers alike – will be starting to plan for their return to training. Many will have been...

Sporting scholar Beck Cutting graduates to Worcester Warriors RFC senior squad for 2020-21 Premiership Rugby season
University of Bath sporting scholar Beck Cutting has been promoted to the Worcester Warriors RFC senior squad for the 2020-21 Premiership Rugby season. The Sport & Social Sciences student, who is supported by a Trendell Sporting Scholarship, has already...

Former Team Bath BUCS Super Rugby trio sign for RFU Championship club Hartpury for 2020-21 league season
Three former University of Bath Rugby Club players will be lining up in the RFU Championship during the 2020-21 season after joining Gloucestershire-based Hartpury University RFC. Lock forward Scott Russell, scrum-half Will Flinn and back-three player Wil Partington all...

Former Team Bath BUCS Super Rugby scrum-half Luca Petrozzi joins Italian Pro14 club Benetton Rugby for 2020-21 season
Former University of Bath BUCS Super Rugby player Luca Petrozzi has joined professional Italian club Benetton Rugby for the 2020-21 Pro14 season. The talented scrum-half, who studied Modern Languages & History, has represented Venice-based Rugby San Dona in the...

Team Bath’s quarter-final trip to Durham postponed as all BUCS activity is suspended for the remainder of March
All BUCS [British Universities & Colleges Sport] activity will be suspended for the remainder of March and the University of Bath’s annual Varsity fixture against Cardiff Met has been cancelled due to the ongoing Covid-19 situation. Among the sporting...

Team Bath end BUCS Super Rugby league season on a battling note as they make Leeds Beckett work hard for victory
Team Bath men’s 1st XV showed great spirit and determination as they made a larger and more experienced Leeds Beckett side work for a narrow 31-21 victory in the final game of the 2019-20 BUCS Super Rugby league season....

Team Bath men’s 1st XV determined to end BUCS Super Rugby league season on a positive note in front of home fans tonight
Team Bath men’s 1st XV will be looking to end their 2019-20 BUCS Super Rugby league campaign on a high when they welcome Leeds Beckett to the University of Bath Sports Training Village tonight (6.30pm, free to watch). It...

Quarter-final place confirmed for Team Bath men’s 1st XV despite heavy BUCS Super Rugby derby defeat to Hartpury
Team Bath men’s 1st XV had their place in the end-of-season knockout competition confirmed on Wednesday, despite suffering a heavy BUCS Super Rugby away defeat to local rivals Hartpury. A defeat for Cardiff University in their derby against Cardiff...

It’s derby day as Team Bath men’s 1st XV head to Hartpury for last away trip of BUCS Super Rugby league season
The final away trip of the 2019-20 BUCS Super Rugby league season is a short one for Team Bath men’s 1st XV as they head to Gloucestershire to face local rivals Hartpury (6.30pm). The Blue & Gold – sponsored...

Former University of Bath rugby player Zack Henry joins Leicester Tigers for 2020-21 Premiership season
University of Bath alumni Zack Henry has signed for Gallagher Premiership Rugby club Leicester Tigers for the 2020-21 season. The 25-year-old has been playing professionally in France since graduating in Sport & Exercise Science in 2016, first with Rouen...