Bath boss Bruce Craig NOT selling up at the Rec

Bruce Craig has categorically denied he is selling Bath after rumours emerged he was on the verge of offloading his controlling interest to billionaire business mogul Sir James Dyson.
Pharmaceutical entrepreneur Craig arrived at the Rec in April 2010 with a vision to restore the club as a dominant force in English rugby.
He has pumped millions of pounds into the set-up in a bid to revive fortunes with it being 20 years since Bath were crowned champions of England.
Dyson is worth over £3.6 billion according to Forbes, and his vacuum cleaner company are Bath’s shirt sponsors.
But Craig told The Rugby Paper: “I don’t know where these rumours are coming from but I am not selling Bath.
“Even if there were other people looking to buy the club, I’m not interested in selling.”
Craig dismissed head coach Mike Ford at the end of the campaign and is yet to find a replacement, much to the dismay of the playing squad.
Since buying the club from Andrew Brownsword, Craig has been a driving force behind the scenes in English club rugby. He took the lead in raising the salary cap to £6.5m this season, plus two marquee players, moving to £7m million from the start of the 2017/18 season. He was also a major influence in negotiations to form the Champions Cup when he was deputy chairman of Premier Rugby.
The Rugby Paper understads that Jon Callard, who is set to leave the employment of the Rugby Football Union, is heading back to the Rec in a coaching capacity.
Callard is leaving the role of RFU national performance academy manager and international performance coach, after working for the RFU for the last 12 years.
In recent times Callard, capped five times by England, coached the national U20 side in two Six Nations campaigns, winning the 2015 title. Later that season he led the team to the U20 world final, narrowly losing out to New Zealand.
He also coached the Saxons to victory against the Irish Wolfhounds in Cork last January.
Callard, 50, said: “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time at the RFU.  I’m pleased to be moving on to my next challenge with the pathway established as one of the best in the world; and so many young players representing their country at senior level from the national academy programme.”
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