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18 hours ago | rugbypass.com | Josh Raisey

Bristol Bears player ratings: Bristol came close to a shock upset against the bitter rivals Bath in the Gallagher Premiership semi-final at the Rec, but the hosts proved to be too strong in the end, running out 34-20 winners. But with a 13-6 lead at half-time, Pat Lam would have thought an upset was on the cards. However, the visitors spurned too many chances, which you cannot do against the best team in England over the past year.

19 hours ago | rugbypass.com | Josh Raisey

Bath player ratings: Bath overcame a 6-13 half-time deficit to beat their rivals Bristol Bears 34-20 to book their place in the Gallagher Premiership final on Friday. As the scoreline suggests, it was a game of two halves, and ultimately Bath could convert their pressure into points better than their opponents when they were on top. With that said, there were some shaky displays in the first 40, but it came good for the home side as they can now look towards Twickenham’s Allianz Stadium.

1 day ago | rugbypass.com | Josh Raisey

mens united-rugby-championship Copied to clipboard 0 Scotland fly-half Adam Hastings is set to start for reigning champions Glasgow Warriors against Leinster in the United Rugby Championship semi-final on Saturday. The 28-year-old, who started on the bench against the Stormers in the quarter-final, has shifted last week’s No.10 Tom Jordan to inside centre, and Sione Tuipulotu, in turn, to outside centre.

1 day ago | rugbypass.com | Josh Raisey

England duo Tom Curry and Tom Roebuck have returned to the Sale Sharks starting XV that will run out at Welford Road on Saturday to take on Leicester Tigers in the Gallagher Premiership semi-finals. The pair missed the final round victory over Exeter Chiefs last week – Curry with a hamstring injury and Roebuck with a calf issue – but will start as Sale look to bounce back from a 44-34 defeat to the Tigers a month ago.

1 day ago | rugbypass.com | Josh Raisey |Ross Byrne

mens united-rugby-championship Copied to clipboard 0 Leinster have lost both Josh van der Flier and Hugo Keenan for the United Rugby Championship semi-final against Glasgow Warriors, with the British and Irish Lions duo being two of three changes from the side that beat Scarlets in the quarter-final.