After 29 years without a top-flight title, could Bath go back-to-back? Certainly little has changed dramatically to suggest that Johann van Graan’s side will be anything other than top contenders as they bid to defend their Prem Rugby crown. Missing three fly halves and thus fielding a centre in the No 10 shirt, they still had too much for Harlequins on a day that illustrated the difference in depth between the two sides.
With Finn Russell on mandatory rest after a draining British and Irish Lions summer, Santiago Carreras otherwise occupied with Argentina’s looming tussle with the Springboks and the immensely talented Ciaran Donoghue injured, it was Max Ojomoh pulling the strings for the visitors. Usually sighted at inside centre, this was a rather respectable job as a fill-in, illustrating the passing range that make him a player of real interest to England head coach. In consort with the ever impressive Ben Spencer, Ojomoh steered the league’s best forward pack effectively around the park and let them do their game-wrecking work.
