There may be 1,500 miles or so between Somerset and Kyiv, but Premiership rugby club Bath are doing their bit to aid Ukraine in their fight against Russia.
The English outfit has sounded out its fans to donate a variety of essentials in an effort to aid refugees and those displaced as a result of the war. A group of nine Bath players are set to depart The Rec on Wednesday, driving three vanloads of goods on a "2,000-plus mile round trip" to a Red Cross Centre in Poland.
Academy product Tom Ellis is one of those who will be part of the team making its way to Poland. Among those items the club has called for are blankets, sleeping bags, clothing and children's toys, with many of those forced to leave their homes living on bare essentials and desperate for donations.
