ON THE BLINDSIDE
BY NEIL FISSLER

Bath will waste no time this week to cherry-pick the best talent if, as expected, on Tuesday, London Irish are kicked out of the Premiership by signing up Henry Arundell and Tom Pearson.

Arundell, above, is one of England’s most exciting talents and is set to ply his trade at The Rec next season if a takeover of the Premiership strugglers from an American consortium fails to materialise.
Bath, who were one of the chief beneficiaries of the demise of Worcester when they signed Ollie Lawrence, Ted Hill and Alfie Barbeary, are also trying to sign up back-row T...