{"id":329852,"date":"2011-03-22T13:39:04","date_gmt":"2011-03-22T13:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/22\/skirving-signs-new-bath-contract\/"},"modified":"2011-03-22T13:39:04","modified_gmt":"2011-03-22T13:39:04","slug":"skirving-signs-new-bath-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/22\/skirving-signs-new-bath-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Skirving signs new Bath contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" align=\"right\" width=\"226\" cellpadding=\"0\" readability=\"1\">\n<tr readability=\"2\">\n<td readability=\"4\">\n<div readability=\"7\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/d9e5b6a9kirving1011.jpg.jpg\" width=\"226\" height=\"170\" alt=\"Ben Skirving\" border=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Skirving has been selected in every Bath match-day squad this season<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>Ben Skirving has signed a two-year extension to his deal at Bath.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old back-row player joined the club in 2009 from Saracens and is set for his 50th appearance for Bath when they host Leicester on Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>He has figured in all but two of Bath&#8217;s games this season and has started eight of their last nine matches. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ben has worked hard on his defensive and attacking game and has made gains in his ball carrying and involvement,&#8221; said head coach Steve Meehan. <\/p>\n<p><!-- E SF --><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He is an accomplished lineout operator and his positional flexibility makes him a very useful player.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Skirving, who won an England cap on the 2007 tour to South Africa, said: &#8220;I feel I can contribute more to the team over the coming seasons as the club moves forward. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m really excited about staying and being part of what I think will be a bright and successful future.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><!-- E BO --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/d9e5b6a9kirving1011.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/go\/rss\/-\/sport1\/hi\/rugby_union\/my_club\/bath\/9432520.stm\" title=\"Skirving signs new Bath contract\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Skirving signs new Bath contract<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Skirving has been selected in every Bath match-day squad this season Ben Skirving has signed a two-year extension to his deal at Bath. The 27-year-old back-row player joined the club in 2009 from Saracens and is set for his 50th appearance for Bath when they host Leicester on Saturday. He has figured in all but two of Bath&#8217;s games this season and has started eight of their last nine matches<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-329852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Skirving signs new Bath contract - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/22\/skirving-signs-new-bath-contract\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Skirving signs new Bath contract - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Skirving has been selected in every Bath match-day squad this season Ben Skirving has signed a two-year extension to his deal at Bath. 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