Ross Batty | |
Birth Date: | 20 September 1986 |
Birth Place: | North Tyneside, England |
Height: | 1.85m (06.07feet) |
Weight: | 102kg (225lb) [1] |
Position: | Hooker |
Ru Currentteam: | Bath |
Years1: | 2006-2009 |
Years2: | 2009-2010 |
Years3: | 2010- |
Clubs1: | Newcastle Falcons |
Clubs2: | Rotherham Titans |
Clubs3: | Bath |
Apps1: | 4 |
Apps2: | 18 |
Apps3: | 112 |
Points1: | 0 |
Points2: | 5 |
Points3: | 30 |
Ru Clubupdate: | 4 June 2019 |
Ross Batty (born 20 September 1986, in England) a former Barnard Castle School pupil, is an English rugby union player whose primary position is hooker. Batty is currently at Bath in Premiership Rugby.
A regular in the scrum for Bath after joining from Rotherham in 2010. Batty celebrated his 150th appearance for the Somerset side, on 2 February 2018. The record takes into account cup matches.[2]
On 25 April 2019 Batty renewed his contract with Bath. The Bath regular agreed on an 'undisclosed-length' contract. With the club he had spent nine seasons with, at the end of the 2018-2019 season.[3] He will retire on medical grounds at the end of the 2020–21 season.[4]