By PAUL REES

WHEN Bath rake over the ashes of a season they will not be in a hurry to look back on, they will detect slivers of silver that will only increase in value.
A chronic injury list meant they have given earlier and more opportunities to players who have emerged from their academy, such as Orlando Bailey, Max Ojomoh, below, and Ewan Richards, a second row who turned 20 earlier this month.
Richards, capped by England at U18 and U20 level, may be 6ft 6ins and more than 17st, but he has featured four times at openside flanker this season, including the victory over Harlequin...