Johann van Graan: Bath boss says ‘only pressure is internal’

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Johann van Graan: Bath boss says ‘only pressure is internal’

Bath are not letting pressure to win a trophy affect them as they go into the new Premiership campaign, says head of rugby Johann van Graan.

The club finished runners-up to Northampton in

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in a rollercoaster match that saw them come from behind with 14 men to almost clinch victory in the final play of the game.

The club have not won a league trophy since 1996 and begin the new season with a reunion against Saints at the Recreation Ground on Friday.

“Obviously we want to win a trophy. We’ve never said that we don’t want to. But we are not in the [business of] predicting when this will happen,” Van Graan told BBC Radio Somerset.

“Hopefully it happens sooner rather than later and us as a group have tasted it – we were literally one play away from winning it and there’s no guarantee you’ll get back there again.”

The 2024-25 campaign is Van Graan’s third at the helm with the club progressing rapidly since he took over.

Most of the squad from last season has been retained and the South ******** hopes the continuity across the staff and playing squad continues the upward trajectory this season.

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are among just four new arrivals.

“In terms of pressure, Bath haven’t won a trophy for a very long time. The only pressure we have is the pressure that we have internally – we want to be part of something special,” added Van Graan.

“But what sport teaches you is if you win a game it doesn’t mean that you’re successful, and if you lose a game it doesn’t mean you’re unsuccessful.”

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