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Johnson Calls Up Ashton and Hape
Northampton and Former Wigan Warriors Rugby League winger Chris Ashton (who wears Nike Vapor Rugby Boots) has been rewarded for his fine form this season with a place in England’s revised elite squad for the Six Nations.
Ashton currently tops the Guinness Premiership try-scoring charts this season having crossed nine times, with the 22-year-old proving to be a big hit at Franklin’s Gardens since crossing codes from Wigan Warriors.
And Ashton has been Martin Johnson’s new-look squad as an injury call-up in place of the sidelined PhilVickery.
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Bath Rugby Sign Backrow Forwards Watson And Salvi
Bath have announced the signing of Western Province captain Luke Watson and Australian Julian Salvi from the ACT Brumbies.
Back-row forward Watson, who has won ten caps for South Africa, will move to England after this year’s Currie Cup competition.
He has agreed a two-year deal with Bath, who confirmed their swoop for him the day after he led Western Province against the British and Irish Lions at Newlands.
“Playing in the Cape for Western Province and the Stormers has been, and remains, a privilege,” said Watson.
“We still have some unfinished business in this year’s Currie Cup, and I will be giving my all to ensure a successful season for the team and the Newlands faithful.
“Joining Bath represents a new beginning and an opportunity to grow and experience the game in the top echelons of northern hemisphere rugby.” (more…)
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Barkley Rejoins Bath
Bath have confirmed that Olly Barkley will be returning to The Rec at the start of the 2009/10 season on a two year contract.
The 27-year-old play-maker is able to play at both centre and fly-half and will return next season to his old stomping ground after a stint with Gloucester.
Barkley who currently wears (Adidas Adi pure rugby boots)amassed 1697 points in 178 matches for Bath before his departure to Gloucester and will be eager to add to those figures upon his return. (more…)
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Haskell to Make Stade Francais U-Turn?
Speculation in the English press indicates that Wasps flanker James Haskell is set to turn down a lucrative move to Stade Français and join Bath instead.
Haskell made headlines in February when he announced that he was part of a group of England players set to move to France, but theEvening Standard has reported that he reconsidering his decision after the RFU wrote to all elite players warning their England places could be in danger if they chose to play their rugby abroad.
Haskell (who wears Adidas rugby boots), who helped Wasps to a 12-6 win over Newcastle this weekend, has only singed a letter of intent with the French club and is now getting cold feet especially after Leicester’s Tom Croft replaced him in the England team in the Six Nations.
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Matt Stevens tests positive for a banned substance
Bath and England prop Matt Stevens has recorded a positive blood test for a banned substance, following December’s Heineken Cup match against Glasgow.
Stevens has been removed from England’s Elite Player Squad with immediate effect, and so will not be going to the training camp in Portugal next month. He has also been suspended by Bath will be potentially unavailable for the summers British and Irish Lions tour to South Africa
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Lovell Rugby Match of the Week: Gwent Dragons (12) v Bath (15)
Bath escaped this tightly fought contest with the Newport Gwent Dragons for the second time this season to take the lead in pool five of the Heineken Cup. The points may matter when it comes to getting a home draw or squeezing in as a second-placed team, but even before this victory it was going to be winner-takes-all on Sunday in Bath, where the home team face Toulouse, who are a point behind Bath after their shock defeat by Glasgow.
Trips west are rarely easy for English clubs, even when the home side has nothing to play for, but Bath were also their own worst enemy. The Dragons, who lost 13-9 at Bath in October, won the toss and chose to play into a bitter wind. Bath, who admitted that they would have done the same, did not take full benefit and led only 8-0 at the break.
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