There was a time in the not-too-distant past when matches between Bath and Leicester, who meet in the Premiership final this Saturday, did not mean too much to too many.

Bath v Leicester is a fixture that is evocative of a time when the clubs totally ruled English rugby, and memories and rivalries forged in the 1980s will re-emerge on Saturday when they meet in the English Premiership final for the first time.

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Bath Rugby face Leicester Tigers at the Allianz Stadium Twickenham on Saturday in the final of the 2024/25 Gallagher Premiership

Saturday’s sell-out Premiership final between Bath Rugby and Leicester Tigers feels like something from the 90s, when these two – alongside Wasps – were the powerhouses of English ovalball. But looking at the two squads set to clash at the 82,