Poetic Justice

With the new Premiership season just round the corner who has recruited best and which players have moved where? I look into the transfers of every side and dish out the pre-season grades based on how well they’ve recruited on the player front. For the purposes of assigning a grade I haven’t considered managerial appointments, academy promotions or contract extensions although they have been mentioned. However I have taken into account players already in place at the club, i.e does the club actually need a prop? As well as how well I feel the signings will actually fit in at his new team, both on and off the field. Bath Grade: B+ All in all it looks to have been a pretty decent transfer period for Todd Blackadder’s side. Matt Banahan is perhaps their only major loss, he made 251 appearances for the club, the combined total of the others on the way out is just 179 – 86 of these are from Academy raised Kane Palma-Newport. Amongst those arriving is Will Chudley wh