Check out all of the key numbers and statistics ahead of Saturday’s Gallagher Premiership round three clash with Bath Rugby at The Rec (3.05pm KO, live on TNT Sports) in our RedRock Number Crunch.
- Gabriel Ibitoye, James Williams, and Siva Naulago each made the joint-most offloads at the weekend: three apiece.
- AJ MacGinty was the only player in Round Two who made four clean breaks. He also scored 11 points and assisted a try.
- The Bears are the only team that have scored ten tries this season. They are also top of carry metres (974), post-contact metres (286), offloads (39), defenders beaten (59), and clean breaks (24).
- Bristol Bears were defeated 41-44 at home to Gloucester last weekend and have not lost successive Gallagher Premiership Rugby matches since last November.
- The Bears are in the midst of their best winning run away from home in Premiership Rugby, having won their last six trips since their defeat at Saracens last November.
- Bristol have won eight of their last ten Premiership Rugby meetings with Bath and have won on four of their last six visits to the Rec in all competitions.
- Ollie Lawrence made two clean breaks, three offloads – including a try assist – 69 metres, and won a turnover at the weekend.
- Bath lead the league for turnovers won (20), a league-high nine of which were made in the tackle.
- Bath have successfully crossed the gain line with 48.7% of their carries – the highest rate in the league. They have also averaged the most metres per carry (3.8).
- Bath Rugby have not begun a Premiership Rugby season with three successive seasons since 2016/17.
- Bath’s only defeat at the Recreation Ground in any competition since last October was 12-15 to Saracens in Round 15 of Premiership Rugby in April.
