The South African has led Bath into the Premiership final against Northampton.
THERE’S A BEVY of entertaining rugby to choose from this weekend with URC quarter-finals, Super Rugby quarter-finals, the closing regular-season round of the Top 14, Ireland playing 7s in Croatia, and a Pro D2 final involving Irishman Darren O’Shea.
The last time Bath were in the final was 2015 when they lost Sarries and the stark reality is that the Somerset club hasn’t won the Premiership since 1996. This is a staggering drought for the club, particularly given that they’ve been so generously resourced by owner Bruce Craig. Advertisement Van Graan after his last game with Munster in 2022. Laszlo Geczo / INPHO Laszlo Geczo / INPHO / INPHO
The opening stages of his first season were tricky. Bath seemed to have continued where they left off in that bottom-placed campaign. Slowly but surely, the changes behind the scenes began to show on match days. Bath improved as the season went on and finished the campaign with four consecutive bonus-point wins.
One man to watch out for on Saturday is former Ireland U20s captain Niall Annett. The ex-Ulster hooker joined from Worcester in the summer of 2022 and has made 20 appearances this season, generally as the back-up to Tom Dunn. He is a wily, gritty operator.
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