Warriors, Wasps & Irish in the Premiership Final

Pommelier Pete
3 min readJun 3, 2024

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Supporters of Bath and Northampton will be naturally excited for the upcoming Premiership final after a significant break away from the showpiece of English Rugby for both teams. As the first season with just 10 teams in the top tier, both sides are bolstered by players with recent, or not-so-recent, memories of Worcester, Coventry, and Brentford (or Reading).

Front Row

Bath — Beno Obano (Wasps Academy)

On the Bath books for 10 years, but Academy life was spent in Coventry until a move in 2014.

Bath — Will Stuart (Wasps Academy)

Moved Bath in 2019 after a 5 year stint at Wasps which included loan spells in the National League and Championship

Bath — Elliott Stooke (Wasps /London Irish)

A loan spell with London Irish while on the books with Gloucester before a move to Bath in 2016, where he stayed before joining Wasps in 2021. 11 appearances and a season-ending injury later, he now finds himself back at Bath.

Bath — Niall Annett (Worcester)

132 appearances for the Warriors, the former Ireland U20 captain took a move to Bath in 2022.

Northampton — Curtis Langdon (London Irish Academy/Worcester)

A member of the London Irish Academy as a teenager, the England international spent 6 years with Sale Sharks before a move to Sixways in 2022 for 3 run-outs for the Warriors.

Northampton — Elliot Millar-Mills (Wasps)

Elliot made a name for himself in the Championship for Ealing Trailfinders before getting a premiership break with Wasps in 2021.

Back Row

Bath — Ted Hill (Worcester)

A Worcester Academy graduate, going on to make 93 appearances, Sixways was home for Ted until the end.

Bath — Alfie Barbeary (Wasps)

Another to come through the Wasps academy, 32 appearances with the senior team followed before the administrators came in.

Northampton — Tom Pearson (London Irish)

Following a successful stint for Cardiff Met in the Welsh and university leagues, the former Gloucester man signed for London Irish in 2021 and went on to score 10 tries in 39 games.

Back Line

Bath — Ollie Lawrence (Worcester)

15 tries in 57 games for Worcester since graduating from the academy in 2017. A true Warrior.

Bath — Joe Cokanasiga (London Irish)

Another to come through the strong London Irish academy, the man who has scored 12 in 12 in an England shirt signed for Bath in 2018.

Northampton — Fin Smith (Worcester)

The young fly-half was the breakout player of the 2021 season for the Warriors after coming through the academy at Sixways. A move to the Saints was reportedly already on the cards before the club collapsed.

Northampton — Burger Odendaal (Wasps)

The well-traveled South African arrived in Coventry for the start of the 2022 season and ran out just 4 times for Wasps before the club went under.

Northampton — George Hendy (Worcester Academy)

The young winger has had a breakout season with the Saints this year after previous spells on loan in the championship after joining from the Warriors academy in 2021.

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Pommelier Pete

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