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Ross Batty

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Ross Batty
Date of birth (1986-09-20) 20 September 1986 (age 38)
Place of birthNorth 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
Years Team Apps (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 2 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]

References

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  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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