25th May 2015

Ticket to Twickenham

Bath Rugby reached their first Premiership Final since 2004 with a crushing 47-10 play-off semi-final win over Leicester Tigers. Heads up clinical rugby was once again the order of the day with the home team running in seven glorious tries. Here are some of the stand out shots from an extraordinary match…

 

The entrance to the Bath Rugby changing rooms

A look into the Bath Rugby changing rooms

 

Tunnel of Noise

A sea of blue, black and white

 

Matt Garvey

Supporters cheer on their team

 

Lineout practise during the warm-up

Forwards practise the lineout during the pre-match warm-up

 

The Recreation Ground

The Bath team are welcomed onto the pitch

 

Matt Banahan try

Try number two for Matt Banahan

 

Matt Banahan celebrates with Jonathan Joseph

12-3 up and time for a cuddle

 

Bath supporters in the crowd celebrate

The east stand makes some noise

 

Dan Cole and Paul James

Paul James celebrates a scrum turnover with opposite number Dan Cole

 

Henry Thomas prepares to scrummage

At the coal face

 

Tom Youngs is double-tackled

Aggressive defence for 80 minutes

 

Peter Stringer try

Peter Stringer dives for the try-line in his last home game for the club

 

George Ford and Peter Stringer celebrate

George Ford and Peter Stringer celebrate try number four

 

George Ford try

George Ford makes a break for the try-line

 

Francois Louw and George Ford

Francois Louw congratulates try-scorer George Ford

 

Matt Banahan try

First ever hat-trick in a Premiership semi-final by Matt Banahan

 

Celebration

All smiles on the sidelines

 

Stuart Hooper

Skipper Stuart Hooper celebrates at the final whistle

 

Mike Ford and Francois Louw

A job very well done

 

Ross Batty and Paul James

Post-match celebrations

 

Bath supporters

Party atmosphere on the terracing

 

Huddle

Stuart Hooper speaks to his team after the match

 

Man of the Match Matt Banahan

Man of the Match Matt Banahan

 

Jonathan Joseph

See you at Twickenham…

 

Full set of photos from the match | Match report at www.bathrugby.com

 
 

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