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| Full name | Bath Rugby | |||
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| Union | Somerset RFU | |||
| Founded | 1865 | |||
| Location | Bath, Somerset, England | |||
| Ground(s) | The Recreation Ground (Capacity: 14,509) | |||
| Director of Rugby | Johann van Graan | |||
| Captain(s) | Ben Spencer | |||
| Most appearances | Phil Hall (580) | |||
| Top scorer | Jon Callard (2,087) | |||
| Most tries | Tony Swift (161) | |||
| League(s) | Premiership Rugby | |||
| 2023–24 | 2nd | |||
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| Largest win | ||||
| Bath 84–7 Sale 1996–97 National Division One[1] | ||||
| Largest defeat | ||||
| Gloucester 64–0 Bath (Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester) 30 April 2022[1] | ||||
| Official website | ||||
| www | ||||
Bath Rugby are a professional rugby union club in Bath, Somerset, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. Founded in 1865 as Bath Football Club, since 1894 the club has played at the Recreation Ground in the city centre.
Bath Rugby is one of the most successful clubs in England having won 18 major trophies It was particularly successful between 1984 and 1998 when it won 10 Domestic Cups, 6 League titles, and was the first English side to win the European Cup in 1998. In 2008 Bath also won the European Challenge Cup, the continent's second tier of competition.
Bath is one of only three clubs never to have been relegated from the top division of English rugby. Bath finished 2nd in the 2023–24 Premiership Rugby season, losing the play off final, this entitles them to in the 2024-25 European Rugby Champions Cup. The current Head of Rugby is Johann van Graan, who started in July 2022. Matches with local rivals Bristol Bears and Gloucester are referred to as West Country derbies. Bath also have a longstanding rivalry with Leicester Tigers.[2]
- ^ a b "Bath Rugby - Statistics". Its Rugby. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- ^ "The rivalry continues | Bath Rugby". www.bathrugby.com. Retrieved 28 September 2024.