Van Graan: We have to get better

Despite a third consecutive Premiership loss, which have seen his side concede 107 points, Bath head coach Johann van Graan was heartened by the second-half rally.

“We knew we had to start better and we did. We had a very good first 10 minutes but didn’t capitalise before we had a difficult period when we couldn’t deal with the Willis brothers at the breakdown.

“We knew Wasps are a pretty good first-half side but that we would have the chance to come back into it. It was very disappointing to lose but the second half was very positive as we won it 24-8 and our maul was a very strong weapon. We also sorted out the breakdown despite losing two back rowers to injury.”

Van Graan added: “Ball-carriers are something we are currently short on, and there is no perfect solution.

“From a technical point of view, we’ve got to get better but everybody at the game would have seen that we’ve got fight. That is something we have potentially been lacking in the past.”