Ross Batty

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Ross Batty
Date of birth (1986-09-20) 20 September 1986 (age 34)
Place of birth North Tyneside, England
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight102 kg (16 st 1 lb) [1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker
Current team Bath
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2006-2009
2009-2010
2010-		 Newcastle Falcons
Rotherham Titans
Bath 		4
18
112		 (0)
(5)
(30)
Correct as of 4 June 2019

Ross Batty (born 20 September 1986, in England) a former Barnard Castle School pupil, is an English rugby union player whose primary position is hooker. Batty is currently at Bath in Premiership Rugby.

A regular in the scrum for Bath after joining from Rotherham in 2010. Batty celebrated his 150th appearance for the Somerset side, on the 2nd of February 2018. The record takes into account cup matches. [2]

On 25 April 2019 Batty renewed his contract with Bath. The Bath regular agreed on an 'undisclosed-length' contract. With the club he had spent nine seasons with, at the end of the 2018-2019 season. [3] He will retire on medical grounds at the end of the 2020–21 season. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Aviva Premiership Rugby - Bath Rugby". web page. Premier Rugby. Archived from the original on 16 June 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  2. ↑ "Ross Batty to make 150th appearance for Bath Rugby against Ospreys". PremiershipRugby.com. 1 February 2018. Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Ross Batty: Bath hooker signs new contract with Premiership club". BBC Sport. 25 April 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Longstanding Bath Rugby man Batty to retire at the end of the season". Bath Rugby. Retrieved 1 June 2021.


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