Men 68 -v- Boys 12 - A Total Humiliation
By Glen Leat
May 4 2002
For God's sake Mr Brownsword get rid of the whole of this management set up now, become a sleeping partner and pass on the running of our club to a group of people who know something about rugby because if we are not careful we will become the laughing stock of English rugby!
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"Going Down! Going Down! Going Down!"
sang The Shed in unison as they enjoyed the
total humiliation of Bath Rugby this afternoon
and watched their West Country rivals take
one step closer to Premiership oblivion.
The scenes at this match are akin to those
that would have been seen over a century
ago in English cricket and spawned the burning
of a set of bails from which the Ashes were
born. I'd suggest we should burn something
to create our own ashes from which a phoenix
of Bath Rugby can emerge but I'm worried
about what (or who) might be suggested for
burning.
We always knew we were going to lose but
to concede nine tries and 68 points has placed
us in a situation where we now have a worse
points difference than Leeds and if they
pick up a win in their last two matches we
could be relegated - this was Bath Rugby
plumbing new depths when most of us thought
we had gone as far as we could in the wrong
direction.
This was men against boys, and whilst there
were quite a few youngsters on show let's
not forget that there were also quite a few
experienced players amongst them. After reading
about Ronnie Regan saying Jonathan Humphreys
was going to have to wrest his place away
from him next season, the ex-Welsh skipper
can hardly have been too worried after this
performance. For example Regan had a defensive
throw-in to make after jut five minutes in
the Bath half and decided that a long throw
was the best option. This error of judgement
set up the first Glaws try - pathetic! These
are the blokes who are supposed to set an
example to the likes of Spencer Davey and
Sam Cox.
Dan Lyle had another shocker and why Kevin
Dalzell was preferred to Gareth Cooper is
anyone's guess. Dalzell should be off-loaded
now as he is clearly not up to standard.This
result set up a record number of points conceded
by Bath in the League and a record points
difference in favour of opponents. This is
humiliating and without doubt the worst time
in the modern history of Bath Rugby.
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for this game:
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Bath scorers
Tries: Cox, Delve
Cons:Barkley 1
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