By MARK STEVENS

WHEN Johann van Graan took charge of Bath in the summer of 2022, the South African made no secret of the fact that implementing his style and a change of culture at the famous Rec would take some time.
Fast forward to the present day and van Graan’s influence and ideologies are bearing fruit, such has been the impressive rise of Bath in the past two years.
Although defeated in last season’s Premiership final by Northampton, the foundations for future growth have clearly been set in stone around the ancient Roman City.
It’s all a far cry from whe...