By Glen Leat
May 16 2002

After watching the Bath players perform a lot better last Sunday against Wasps than they did in the match against Glawster, it is no surprise to see the final Players Ratings table of the season showing a lot more healthy scores with skipper Dan Lyle coming out tops.

Dan Lyle may have scored a marvellous rating of 7.3 this week but his season average of just 5.4 reflects how tough things have been for the American. Given the appalling season we have had overall it is amazing that so many of our players have scored well over the year.

It just about sums up the management of "our" club that Mark Gabey has topped the season's average alongside Mike Tindall with a rating of 6.3 and no doubt Worcester will benefit greatly from his play next year; hopefully the digger can get regular starts for his new club so he can demonstrate what we will be missing!

Let's have a look at the table in full;

Player Ratings Ratings at 16/05/02 Wasps Season Matt Perry 6.2 Ian Balshaw 4.9 Kevin Maggs 5.2 Mike Tindall 6.3 Simon Danielli 5.7 5.6 Rob Thirlby 5.1 4.9 Tom Voyce 6.3 5.8 Sam Cox 5.8 4.8 Olly Barkley 5.8 5.4 Stuart Bellinger 5.3 Alex Crockett 5.1 Spencer Davey 6.0 5.6 Gareth Knox Anthony Morris Mike Catt 6.1 Kevin Dalzell 3.3 4.1 Andy Williams 5.2 Gareth Cooper 6.7 6.2 John Mallett 5.1 Tom Barlow David Barnes 6.1 5.4 Simon Emms 5.0 4.7 Lee Mears 5.1 Mark Regan 5.7 5.5 Andy Long 5.7 4.8 Danny Grewcock 6.9 6.1 Steve Borthwick 7.1 6.2 Mark Gabey 6.1 6.3 Andy Lloyd Dan Lyle 7.3 5.4 Gavin Thomas 6.5 6.2 Nathan Thomas 5.6 5.2 Ollie Hodge Alex Clarke Andy Beattie 5.8 Joe El Abd 3.6 Adam Hopcraft Stephen Hunt James Scaysebrook 5.9

Can I extend my thanks to all of you who voted this season to enable these ratings to be compiled, I am now looking forward to a couple of months away from my spreadsheet!