By PAUL REES

When Charlie Ewels suffered knee ligament damage on England’s 2022 tour to Australia, his club Bath were at rock bottom.
They had finished last in the Premiership, conceding 71 points at home to Saracens and 64 to Leinster in the Champions Cup, the number rivals Gloucester hit them for at Kingsholm.
Ewels imagined a far longer rebuild for Bath than his knee, but less than two years later he is reflecting on Bath’s chances of winning the Premiership having been revitalised since Johann van Graan, below, took over as head of rugby in the summer of 2022 when the second row was r...