JAMIE Bhatti has fond memories of his brief time at Bath, from both on and off the field. But, as he prepares to confront his former team-mates in tomorrow’s Challenge Cup tie, the Glasgow and Scotland prop is determined to put old friendships on hold, for 80 minutes at least.
Now 29, Bhatti joined the English club as injury cover towards the end of 2020. The year before, he had become an Edinburgh player after three years with the Warriors, but had already agreed to return to Scotstoun for the 2021-22 season. So he always knew his time with the West Country club was going to be short, and he was determined to make the most of the opportunity, despite the fact that much of his time there was during lockdown.
“It was the height of Covid when I was there, so everything was shut and we had no fans,” Bhatti recalled this week. “The last game of the season, when I wasn’t involved, was the only game with fans in the whole time I was there.
