Facing London Wasps tomorrow at Adams Park, Bath Rugby’s Head Coach, Steve Meehan, reflects on the opportunity to rotate and rest his squad, Berne as match captain and the keys to successes so far.
With the triple try-scorer against Leeds, Matt Banahan, being rested, there were many questions about the choice to rest and rotate the players for the match against Wasps, but Meehan admits it was not an injury issue that prompted the change in the squad. “There is no grand scheme behind the rotation,” Meehan explained.
With Borthwick on the bench, the captaincy falls to Shaun Berne and Meehan expects him to make a good impact in the role. “As part of our squad, we have a club captain and four squad represents.
With Bath Rugby now vying for the top spot of the Guinness Premiership with Gloucester, Meehan is aware that it is not just the players who are to be thanked for that exciting challenge. “Our strength and conditioning and our medical staff have a great deal to do with our successes so far.
They have made sure we have the majority of our squad to pick form, and at the moment we only have three or four guys who we cant choose from.
Looking ahead, Bath’s Head Coach realises that whilst Bath are enjoying some great success, each stage of the season must be taken one step at a time.
“We have broken up our season into different phases and I think our first stage was more difficult than the second phase, because of the disruptions due to the Rugby World Cup.
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