Bath in 'serious discussions' to play in Reading

Sincity Press Staff 1 day ago 2 min read 5
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Reading owner Rob Couhig says the club have had "serious discussions" with Bath about the Prem Rugby club playing at their stadium.

Bath's games against Harlequins connected the play of 15 May and Saracens connected 5 June are scheduled to beryllium moved, and if the nine were to scope the Prem semi-finals and unafraid a location necktie adjacent June, that fixture would besides beryllium played distant from the Rec.

The club's owners accidental the plans are being accelerated to guarantee the redevelopment is completed for the commencement of the 2028-29 Prem campaign.

Reading's last location crippled of the upcoming play is against Sheffield Wednesday connected 1 May. However, they would beryllium owed to big different lucifer that period if they scope the League One play-offs.

Their crushed has been regularly utilized for rugby successful the past, having been the location of London Irish betwixt 2000 to 2020.

Couhig highlighted a fig of changes and upgrades which person been made astatine the SCL Stadium this summertime - including to the stands and a caller transportation which has been laid - arsenic factors that marque a imaginable statement with Bath feasible.

"This transportation is built successful a mode that it could grip that and retrieve precise rapidly [from rugby]," Couhig said.

"Our shot squad is the archetypal precedence tenant and we would marque definite it is handled the close way."

He added that immoderate wealth generated would beryllium reinvested successful the shot team.

"Let's accidental we did thing with Bath Rugby, past we'd beryllium allowed further wealth nether the SCMP [salary outgo absorption protocol] to walk connected our shot players," helium said.