<p>Bath had their moments in a 32-14 defeat, but Montpellier deployed old-fashioned grit and guile to play them off their own park</p><p>Nobody really knows what to make of the orgy of tries that is English rugby these days. The dazzling hands, the scarcely believable comebacks, the, er, bewildered defences. Evidence of a new dimension of attacking rugby, uncontainable and breathless? Or not to be trusted?</p><p>Bath have found themselves of late at the heart of the debate – and in this 32-14 defeat they were reminded what rugby feels like when served up in more old-fashioned style, hard and brutal.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/oct/18/meaty-montpellier-leave-bath-reeling-and-offer-prem-french-lessons">Continue reading...</a>
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Meaty Montpellier leave Bath reeling and offer Prem French lessons
<p>Bath had their moments in a 32-14 defeat, but Montpellier deployed old-fashioned grit and guile to play them off their own park</p><p>Nobody really knows what to make of the orgy of tries that is English rugby these days. The dazzling hands, the scarcely believable comebacks, the, er, bewildered defences. Evidence of a new dimension of attacking rugby, uncontainable and breathless? Or not to be trusted?</p><p>Bath have found themselves of late at the heart of the debate – and in this 32-14 defeat they were reminded what rugby feels like when served up in more old-fashioned style, hard and brutal.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/oct/18/meaty-montpellier-leave-bath-reeling-and-offer-prem-french-lessons">Continue reading...</a>