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Bath prop Auterac set to leave for Premiership rivals
By Alex Shaw
The transfer season is beginning to ramp up in the northern hemisphere and the next name that is set to hit the rugby headlines is Bath’s Nick Auterac.
RugbyPass understands that the loosehead prop has provisionally agreed to move to Harlequins next season, when his contract with Bath expires.
He will join Joe Marler, Kyle Sinckler and Will Collier at the Stoop and come under the tutelage of Graham Rowntree and Adam Jones, creating a front row unit at Quins with enviable depth and intellectual property.
Injuries have hindered the former Saracens academy prospect during his time at Bath but when he has been fit he has shown impressive ability and was a key cog in his side’s impressive 2014/15 season, when the club made it all the way to the final before coming up short against Saracens.
In addition to rising through the ranks in the Saracens academy, Auterac was schooled at Mill Hill in north London and it is believed that returning to the capital has been a key part of his decision to move to Quins.
He will leave a hole in the Bath side, but with the long-serving Nathan Catt and fast-improving Beno Obano both aboard, the club do have resources in place at loosehead. Academy prop Will Vaughan has also been featuring for the club in the Anglo-Welsh Cup, but it remains to be seen whether Bath will opt to strengthen the position in their recruitment for the 2018/19 season.
Auterac had been pushing for England inclusion before a string of injuries hit and he will be hopeful that he can put that run of bad luck behind him at Quins and re-establish himself as competition for Marler, Mako Vunipola and Ellis Genge in the battle for the England jersey.
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Agreed. Borthwick will have to write a new excuse book soon .
I have looked at the two world cup final teams from 2003 and 2020.
2003 team scored 187 tries between them in 389 caps
2020 team scored 113 tries between them in 473 caps. As you can see a huge disparity in scoring rate. Only Johnny May with 36 tries in 78 caps scored a higher amount of tries. Elliot Daly comes close but the rest are frankly very poor.
Farrell and Ford scored a pathetic 20 tries between them in a combined 210 caps.
There again , the 2003 team did have Wilko and Greenwood etc whereas 2020 team had Ford and Farrell .
So much people saying that Fords strength is of bringing others into the game .
Really. The figures totally disprove that notion .
It has been mentioned elsewhere that we have accepted mediocrity far too often and the figures would indicate that players are or have been picked far too often without performing .
Go to commentsNot disputing that NZ are ahead of Eng. Also not saying Eng are unlucky (though clearly the tone of the article is not that the ABs were unlucky but that they 'should have' won). Your team are looking great and are on the up. I just felt that Pundits have argued Eng 'should have' won the first test against the ABs, when it's more nuanced than that, and very fine margins determine results that Eng didn't get right. Same applies, therefore, to NZ and other nations. Ben Smith though doesn't seem to see it that way. To be clear: I'm not saying I agree with the 'should haves', but more that I take issue with the phrasing.
Good to see your respect for other nations is so strong! Proper rugby fan you are!!!
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