By Glen Leat
September 26 2002

A rampant Glawster will arrive at the Rec enjoying their best start to a league season and scoring tries like they are going out of fashion. If ever there was a chance for Glawster to win a league match in Bath this is it and they'll kick themselves all the way up the A46 if they leave empty handed.

In the first four games of this season Glawster have scored 16 tries to Bath's paltry two and what is even more exciting for supporters of the woolley-backs is the fact that they have shared this scoring around their team. Garvey has four, Paramore three, Forrester and Boer two and Woodman, Paul, Beim, Delport and Mercier have one apiece; not bad considering we haven't left the month of September yet.

Week	Bath	Glawster	Bath Tries	Glaws Tries
1	LI 22 -v- Bath 24	Quins 19 -v- Glaws 25	0	3
2	Saracens 28 -v- Bath 3	Glaws 44 -v- Sale 8	0	6
3	Bath 27 -v- Wasps 27	Newcastle 19 -v- Glaws 22	2	1
4	Northampton 24 -v- Bath 3	Glaws 45 -v- Bristol 18	0	6

So do Bath stand a chance against this formidable opposition. Yes of course they do, Glaws are renowned for bottling it when they play against Bath. You only have to look at the statistic of "Played 24, Glawster Won 5" to confirm this. In many of the games Bath have won they were not the best team on the day and certainly not the form team yet the usually managed to come out on top.

Without doubt Bath will need to be on top of their game and play in a style we have just seen flashes of this season but if Cooper and Catty are fit to play and the backs can keep hold of the quick passes which are part of our up-tempo game when we are playing confidently there could well be a massive upset.

Come on Bath, a win against Glaws will give us the lift we need after two plus years of very indifferent rugby!

Click on to the Glawster site for their perspective on things.

Click here to read about the encounter between Bath and Glawster earlier in the year.

In preparation for this clash let's have a look at a few recent statistics:

Biggest Win

Player Greats

(Bath Results First)

Date  Result  Venue Season: 2001-02 04 May 2002 12- 68 Kingsholm 08 Dec 2001 12- 9 The Rec Season: 2000-01 24 Feb 2001 50 - 16 The Rec 09 Sep 2000 22 - 21 Kingsholm Season: 1999-00 08 Apr 2000 36 - 16 Kingsholm 10 Oct 1999 33 - 20 The Rec Season: 1998-99 02 Jan 1999 7 - 23 Kingsholm 26 Sep 1998 21 - 16 The Rec Season: 1997-98 18 Apr 1998 17 - 27 Kingsholm 11 Feb 1998 47 - 3 The Rec Season: 1996-97 30 Apr 1997 71 - 21 The Rec 21 Sep 1996 45 - 29 Kingsholm Season: 1995-96 10 Apr 1996 10 - 16 Kingsholm 16 Sep 1995 37 - 11 The Rec Season: 1994-95 04 Mar 1995 19 - 19 The Rec 01 Oct 1994 15 - 10 Kingsholm Season: 1993-94 12 Feb 1994 16 - 6 Kingsholm 02 Oct 1993 46 - 17 The Rec Season: 1992-93 13 Feb 1993 20 - 0 Kingsholm Season: 1991-92 29 Feb 1992 29 - 9 The Rec Season: 1990-91 06 Apr 1991 17 - 15 Kingsholm Season: 1989-90 23 Sep 1989 6 - 13 Kingsholm Season: 1988-89 24 Sep 1988 19 - 9 The Rec Season: 1987-88 30 Nov 1987 16 - 9 Kingsholm