For The Record - Newcastle (GP: R15)

By Bath Rugby

April 22^nd, 2025

Welcome to our Foundation Match Day

Bath Rugby Foundation are thrilled to be teaming up with Bath Rugby to celebrate the work we do in our local community.

The Foundation Game Day is a fantastic opportunity for us to showcase the impactful work we do with vulnerable young people in our community and raise essential funds with the support of Bath Rugby.

This year, Foundation Day will shine a spotlight on the theme ‘Every 1 Matters,’ and will mark 21 years of changing young lives.

Halena Coury, Head of Fundraising at Bath Rugby Foundation, emphasises the significance of this event for the charity:

“Our Foundation Day is one of the pinnacles of our fundraising efforts to make a positive difference in our community.

The Foundation is continually growing in our impact across the community, and we firmly believe that every child matters. We will continue to expand our reach, working closely with young people to inspire them to learn, develop new skills, increase their confidence, and where appropriate, return to education, training, or employment.

This year, we are thrilled to have so many local businesses on board supporting the work we do – your support really helps us make a real difference to the lives of children in our local community.

Today, you too can help us make a difference. If each and every fan at The Rec gave just £1 that would be a staggering £14,500. That would mean we would be able to offer hope and education to a young person for a year.

Thank you."

Morgan joined Bath Rugby Foundation aged 7, struggling with confidence and feeling isolated at school. Through our inclusive programmes, he found his voice, built friendships, and grew in confidence. Now 22, he’s a Bath Rugby Ambassador and Walcot Warriors player — proof that inclusion changes lives.

To learn more about the work Bath Rugby Foundation do throughout our community please watch this video about Morgan and his hero, Will Muir.

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Match Roundup: Exeter Chiefs 24-26 Bath Rugby

Bath secured a hard fought bonus-point victory over Exeter Chiefs, winning a crucial scrum penalty in the final minutes to claim a 24-26 win on the road.

A Will Muir bonus-point try on 28 minutes would prove the decisive score as Exeter Chiefs fought back from 10-26 down to fall short by just two points as Bath claimed a 24-26 win on the road.

Exeter opened the scoring through a Henry Slade penalty on four minutes, but Bath responded quickly with a score on their own. Captain Ben Spencer sniping from the base and diving over into a mess of bodies. The referee went to the TMO to offer some clarity and ultimately they would award Bath a penalty try, giving Exeter a yellow card for foul play in the act of scoring.

Exeter retook the lead on 18 minutes with a converted try through Jack Yeandle, but that would be short lived as five minutes later, Bath scored their second try of the afternoon. Niall Annett found himself at the back of a driving maul and powered his way over the line to give Bath a 10-12 lead.

With momentum swinging their way, Bath struck again on 27 minutes. The visitors broke through and were brought down just short, they recycled and spread the ball wide to Josh Bayliss who raced over in the corner. Finn Russell added the extras to extend Bath's lead to 10-19.

A minute later Bath would score their fourth and bonus-point try. Breaking though the middle from the kick-off, they looked to exploit the width again and the ball found its way to Will Muir who strode over in the corner. Another Russell conversion would give Bath a healthy 10-26 lead as the half an hour mark loomed.

Both sides had chances but neither could capitalise, and as half-time whistle sounded; Bath remained in front leading 10-26.

Bath started the second half well but some missed chances would hand momentum back to Exeter, who scored their second of the afternoon on 49 minutes through Paul Brown-Bampoe.

Exeter's attack began to fire and Paul Brown-Bampoe ran in the hosts' third try on 58 minutes. Henry Slade's conversion narrowed the deficit to just two points as the game entered its final quarter with Bath leading 24-26.

Neither team managed to take hold in the final 20 minutes. A missed lineout from Bath deep in Exeter's half would see the hosts making ground on the counter attack. They kicked through and Bath were unable to gather cleanly, handing a scrum to Exeter five meters from their own line with just minutes to go. A huge effort from the visitors won them the penalty at the scrum, and would prove the decisive moment as Bath recorded a 24-26 victory over Exeter at Sandy Park.

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It's hard to believe that there are only a few more (scheduled!) matches at The Rec this season. It turns out the saying 'time flies when you're having fun' applies to winning at rugby, too. The table doesn't lie - Bath Rugby are in a good place right now. And where better to be on a Saturday afternoon in April than at The Rec, expecting a good performance from a team that just keeps showing up for us. After a fair few tough years, the current Bath Rugby team are now paying us back for the faith we showed them. It makes me proud to be a Bath fan - and of course, a member of Bath Rugby Supporters' Club!

It isn't long now to the trip to Cardiff to play Bristol. BRSC is running a couple of coaches to take our members to one of the best rugby experiences around. The Principality never fails to deliver an enjoyable match day and when the roof is shut the atmosphere can be incredible. Our coaches are sold out, but if you can, do go - it isn't far and how brilliant would it be if we, rather than Bristol, made it seem like a home game? And speaking of Cardiff, if we are to reach the final of the Challenge Cup, we are likely to run a coach to the final. Email Admin@allez-bath.co.uk for more info or to register interest.

For now, let's enjoy a sunny day for our match against Newcastle - and fingers crossed that we truly cement our number one spot at the top of the table.