Last updated on .From the section Rugby UnionBath are one of five clubs in the 13-team men's Premiership that do not have a Premier 15s sideBath are to apply for a licence to have a Premier 15s team. The Premiership club are teaming up with Bath Rugby Ladies to develop a women's team and bring through youth players. They are the second men's Premiership club in three weeks to reveal plans for a women's team, after London Irish. The licence period for the 10 clubs currently in the Premier 15s concludes in the summer of 2023. There are currently five men's Premiership clubs without a side in the Premier 15s - Bath, Irish, Newcastle, Leicester and Northampton.

Source: BBC May 26, 2021 08:49 UTC