BUTTERFLIES AND BEARS: PLAY OFF SEMI-FINAL

The nerves have started. After nine months of dominance and five weeks after we 'won the league', it all comes down to (hopefully) two final games. The first on Friday against Bristol.For all Bath have achieved and shown this year, the squad will be all too aware that in a one-off game anything can happen. All that hard work in the Premiership could yet count for naught. For many Bath fans, the butterflies will be all the worse given the visitors are our beloved local rivals who seem to believe they know the secret to beating us. The facts - repeated openly and frequently by the Bears management - are they have won 11 of 14 against us in recent seasons and have beaten us three times this term.