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England Rugby To Train At Bath University This Week Ahead Of Wales Clash
The England men’s rugby team will be training at the University of Bath this week as they prepare for their RBS Six Nations match against Wales on Saturday, March 12 at Twickenham Stadium.
New head coach Eddie Jones and his players will arrive at the Sports Training Village (STV) on Tuesday – three days after their 21-10 home win against Ireland – and will train there until Thursday, March 3.
During their visit, the England squad will use a training pitch with a 95 per cent rating (based on Sport England’s Playing Pitch Strategy) and train in the STV’s world-class gymnasium.
Among the England squad are George Ford, Jonathan Joseph and Anthony Watson, who play for Bath Rugby – a club that has close links with the University through its Academy and Scholarship programme. Bath Rugby’s Premiership squad has also used the STV for indoor training during the past month.
England’s coaching staff includes forwards coach Steve Borthwick, who graduated from the University of Bath with a degree in Economics and Politics in 2003.
Other international rugby teams to have trained at the University are New Zealand, South Africa and Australia, who were based at the STV during the early stages of the 2015 Rugby World Cup and went on to reach the final.
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