Bath Rugby has clinched the English championship title for the first time in 29 years, a significant achievement that highlights their return to prominence. The victory, marked by their exceptional play, averaged five tries per match, underscores their impressive transformation from finishing at the bottom of the table three years prior. The team’s coach, Johann van Graan, emphasizes their cohesive approach, likening star players Ben Spencer and Finn Russell to a married couple, indicating a strong partnership in their gameplay. This triumph adds to their honors, including victories in the Premiership Cup and the Challenge Cup, completing a treble.
At five to five on a sunny afternoon here, Ben Spencer passed to Finn Russell... to put an end to decades of pain out west.
Only a little more absurd than the notion they would win it would have seemed three years ago, when they finished bottom of the table.
As in 1996, they have topped the table by playing the rugby of the gods, scoring a remarkable five tries a match on average.
A treble. If only 1990s Bath had had one of those to play for.
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