BATH CAN PLUG BIG-GAME GAP

BATH boss Johann van Graan reckons his side have solved the riddle of how to win big games after last year's near miss in the Premiership final.

- by ADAM HATHAWAY

They lost 25-21 to Northampton at Twickenham after playing three-quarters of the game with 14 men following Beno Obano's red card.

In their glory days of 30 and 40 years ago, the Bath of Stuart Barnes, Jeremy Guscott and the rest were the ultimate big-game animals, winning all 10 domestic finals they contested between 1984 and 1996.