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Regan Grace snubs Super League return to stay in union
By Ian Cameron
Former Super League star Regan Grace will be staying with Premiership title hopefuls Bath for another year after signing a contract extension with the West Country outfit.
Grace, 27, spent last season on the books of Top 14 giants Racing 92 but was released in the summer after an Achilles tendon injury prevented him from playing a game. Since then, he has been living in Bath and working on regaining his fitness.
The ex-St Helens and Wales League international was signed by Bath on a rehab-based contract in February until the end of the season and proved himself to Johann van Graan in friendly games against Gloucester and Leinster.
Grace starred in three successive Super League Grand Finals before his injury nightmare started scored 89 tries in 143 games for the Saints and caught the eye of the Gloucester coaching staff on his first outing against them.
“Regan Grace showed that he has something special inside him with that last break of his, but he also was able to bump off Albert Tuisee, which was great,” van Graan told Gloucestershire Live after the 59-19 win.
Even though Grace - who turned down several approaches for a return to Super League - hasn’t appeared in the Premiership yet. Bath registered him for their Champions Cup campaign which ended at Exeter Chiefs last Saturday.
He could also make his competitive debut for second-placed Bath when they return to Sandy Park for a top-of-the-table Premiership clash on Saturday week, as they are without a game this weekend following their exit from Europe.
Bath have been busy with Joe Cokanasiga, Sam Underhill, Ethan Staddon, Orlando Bailey, Tom De Glanville and Jaco Coetzee all putting pen to paper on contract extensions in the last couple of weeks.
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Perenara is super woke, the treaty of long ago is irrelevant to a game of rugby in Italy. By referencing it and claiming the countries going through tough times is clearly because Perenara doesn't agree with the democratically elected government of New Zealand that people from all ethnicities voted for. Perenara is making it divisive and political despite many of his team mates that wouldn't agree with his decision. The Allblacks saved this year's worst performance to combine it with the most divisive haka statement. Perhaps it's overdue now for NZ rugby to leave the haka for home games only, ensure that only the players that want to do it are included and never again have 'insertions' added by political activist players.
Go to commentsI expected a larger win than this and the ABs were off slightly whilst the rested Italians were well up for this and gave a real committed performance
Frustrating but a lot of those ABs forwards have done huge minutes this tour and Italy are not the side from the World Cup
Remember they beat wales and Scotland in the 6N
Drew with France and lost to England by 3
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