Bath Rugby is an English rugby union team. It is currently in the Zurich Premiership league. They play at the Recreation Ground, Bath. Formed in 1865, it was the first British club to win the Heineken Cup, in the 1997-1998 season. In the summer of 2003 John Connolly was appointed their coach.
When formalised competitions started in the 1980s, Bath dominated the John Player Special Cup winning it four years on a trot, from 1984 to 1987. The cup sponsor changed to Pilkington, and Bath after a blip in 1988 dominated that cup as well winning it a further six times.
Leagues started in the late 1980s and Bath dominated those by winning six times and doing the "double" four times. A feat yet to be attained by any other club.
Well known Bath players from the recent history of the club include Jeremy Guscott, England captain Phil de Glanville and current England Rugby World Cup winning coach Andy Robinson.
