Bath Rugby confirm 13 departing players ahead of the 2024/25 season

Bath Rugby have confirmed that four senior players and nine senior academy players will leave the club at the conclusion of the 2023/24 season.

Frontrow trio Johannes Jonker, Juan Schoeman and Keiran Verden, along with centre Max Wright are the senior players who will depart. Bath head of Rugby Johann van Graan said: “All four of these gentlemen have very unique personalities and will be missed around the group. They were very good team men, and we wish them all the very best in the next steps of their journey.”

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Fly-half George Worboys, who is heading to Ealing Trailfinders, and flanker JJ Tonks are amongst nine senior academy players who will leave Bath, along with Rory Cameron, Gabe Goss, Byron Lloyd-Gilmour, Murdoch Lock, Dan Marias, Nahum Merigan and Archie Stanley.

Van Grann added: “Thank you to all the players who are leaving us this season. You were ‘In. All in. All of the time’, and we wish you the best in the next step of your journey.”

Verden departs the Blue, Black and White, after eight years having risen through the Beechen Cliff pathway into the club’s Senior Academy and then the First Team. The prop’s Premiership debut came during the 2019/20 season against Worcester Warriors, and he has since gone on to make 16 appearances in the famous jersey.

With 40 caps to his name earned over a seven-year period at Bath, Wright joined the club in October 2017 having graduated from the Yorkshire Carnegie setup before going on to make his league debut against Northampton Saints. The centre made his first European start in the same campaign and played a key role in helping England Under-20s win the Six Nations Grand Slam in 2017.

The South African front row pairing of Schoeman and Jonker joined Bath in 2020 and 2021, respectively. Schoeman arrived from Durban-based outfit The Sharks having also played for the Blue Bulls, making his first Premiership appearance for Bath against Worcester Warriors. He is currently standing at 62 appearances for the club, most recently coming off the bench during the Round 18 win against Northampton Saints.

Former Border Bulldogs, Lions, and Montpellier prop Jonker signed from Ealing Trailfinders and debuted on the opening day of the 2021/22 Premiership season against Sale Sharks, the same game in which Schoeman scored his first Bath Rugby try. Jonker has gone on to represent the club 27 times.