Bath Rugby

After scoring against the Pacific Islanders last weekend, Bath Rugby hooker Lee Mears retains his starting jersey for England's match against Australia on Saturday. Prop Matt Stevens and flanker Michael Lipman are named on the bench.

Shaun Berne joined up with the Bath Rugby Education Centre last night and handed out awards to all the children who recently completed the latest Playing for Success course.

Bath Rugby fly-half Butch James, the newest Laureus Ambassador, has joined former All Blacks captain Sean Fitzpatrick on a visit to the rugby-based Operation Breakthrough project in Hong Kong.

Bath Rugby joint-captain Michael Lipman and fullback Nick Abendanon are among three changes that England Team Manager Martin Johnson has made to the 32 man Senior Elite Player Squad for the four match Investec Challenge series internationals next month.

Following in the footsteps of teammate Butch James, Lee Mears has now put pen to paper and renewed his contract with Bath Rugby for another four years.

After much speculation as to whether Butch James would be renewing his contract with Bath Rugby, the club are pleased to announce that the fly half has put pen to paper for at least another three years.

England Sevens Coach Ben Ryan has named Bath Rugby players Rhys Crane and Josh Ovens in his training squad ahead of the Rugby World Cup Sevens 2009 in Dubai (March 5-7).

Bath Rugby prop David Flatman and a number of other first team players are getting behind 'Charity Olympics' to be held in the Green Park Tavern on Saturday 27th in a bid to raise funds for cancer research.

Alex Crockett makes a welcome return to the starting line-up when Bath Rugby play London Irish at the Madejski Stadium on Saturday (kick-off 3pm).