Bath director of rugby Johann van Graan has urged his side to keep their discipline in their Premiership semi-final against Bristol on Friday.
Van Graan’s side finished the regular season with 72 points, 11 points clear at the top of the Premiership standings, and 14 clear of fourth-placed Bristol.
But the South African is wary of the threat Bath’s local rivals pose, having lost twice to the Bears in the league this season already.
“This is our third semi-final we’ve played this season and I’ll just say the usual – make sure you’re disciplined, stick to what you do and make sure you perform on the day,” Van Graan told BBC Radio Bristol.
It has been a historic season in many ways already for Bath, having already completed a cup double by winning the Premiership Rugby Cup and European Challenge Cup – ending a drought of 17 years without a trophy.
And ahead of Friday’s match, Van Graan has taken time to look back on his three years at the club having described Bath as “broken” when he took the helm in 2022.
“When we started, to get to Twickenham looked kind of impossible,” he said.
“We had a mountain to climb but step by step everyone at the club did it.
“I was very proud of the group that we passed another milestone. If you think back to the first year, our last game was to get ourselves into the Champions Cup.”
