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Stuart recalls just how special the feeling is when you get to play Leicester
BATH RUGBY NEWS Bringing you the latest from the Bath Rugby headquarters Mogers Drewtt’s Sarah Dodd
LIFE LINES Mogers Drewett has strengthened its Later Life Support team, which is dedicated to providing services for later life and vulnerable clients, with the appointment of Sarah Dodd as head of the team. “We offer a bespoke approach for each client and pride ourselves on the level of personal service we provide,” says Sarah. www.md-solicitors.co.uk
ENGINE POWER Platinum Skoda in Bath recently held an exclusive preview event for the brand new Skoda Kodiaq, which officially launched on 6 April. The car is already an award-winning vehicle, picking up the coveted Best Large SUV award at the What Car? Awards 2017 and boasts an impressive combination of beautiful design, space, power and state-of-the-art assistance systems. www.platinumskoda.co.uk
FAMILY BUSINESS Lucy Terrell joins Bath law firm Mowbray Woodwards as a solicitor specialising in family law work including divorce, financial matters and injunctions. Lucy says, “The family team here has a formidable reputation for outstanding client service and high success rate.” www.mowbraywoodwards. co.uk
At the time of going to press we won’t know the result of The Clash which took place on 8 April but we do know that for many of the Bath Rugby legends, watching Bath take on Leicester and play at Twickenham will invoke many fond memories. Jeremy Guscott, who went to school at Ralph Allen, made 266 appearances as the team’s centre and is now a rugby union analyst for BBC Sport, reveals, “I personally still feel a twinge when Bath play the Tigers. They thought they were the best, we thought we were the best and we had to go out there and prove we were the best.” Stuart Hooper, who played for Bath between 2007 – 2016 and is now the club’s performance and player development director, adds, “When someone is that successful you want to have a crack at them and
growing up, I started off watching Bath play Leicester over the years – they were always massive games. “I’ve talked many time about the semi-finals win we had at the Rec against Leicester and people said it was the most entertained they’d been at the Rec for 20 or 30 years – that is quite some special feeling.” The former Bath and England wing David Trick, who played for the club between 1979–1991, recalls the buzz of arriving at the London stadium, “From an atmosphere point of view, playing at Twickenham is hard to rival. The blue, black and white colours are everywhere, all just filtering towards the ground. That walk from the bus to the changing rooms, you feel invincible.”
FROM AN ATMOSPHERE POINT OF VIEW, PLAYING AT TWICKENHAM IS HARD TO RIVAL
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