Ross Batty

{{Short description|English rugby union player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Use British English|date=September 2016}} {{Infobox rugby biography | name = Ross Batty | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|9|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = North Tyneside, England | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.85|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|102|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.premiershiprugby.com/premiership/rugby/bath_rugby.php?section=1 |title= Aviva Premiership Rugby – Bath Rugby |work= web page |publisher= Premier Rugby |accessdate= 24 August 2011 |url-status= dead |archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20120616063352/http://www.premiershiprugby.com/premiership/rugby/bath_rugby.php?section=1 |archivedate= 16 June 2012 }}</ref> | position = Hooker | ru_currentteam = Bath | amatyears1 = | amatteam1 = | ru_amupdate = | repteam1 = | repyears1 = | repcaps1 = | reppoints1 = | ru_ntupdate = | years1 = 2006–2009 | years2 = 2009–2010 | years3 = 2010- | clubs1 = Newcastle Falcons | clubs2 = Rotherham Titans | clubs3 = Bath | apps1 = 4 | apps2 = 18 | apps3 = 112 | points1 = 0 | points2 = 5 | points3 = 30 | ru_clubupdate = 4 June 2019 | ru_currentclub = | province1 = | provinceyears1 = | provinceapps1 = | provincepoints1 = | ru_provinceupdate = | repsevensyears1 = | ru_sevensnationalcaps = | ru_sevensnationalpoints = | ru_sevensupdate = | coachteams1 = | coachyears1 = | ru_coachupdate = }}

'''Ross Batty''' (born 20 September 1986, in England) a former Barnard Castle School pupil, is an English rugby union player whose primary position is hooker. Batty is currently at Bath in Premiership Rugby.

A regular in the scrum for Bath after joining from Rotherham in 2010. Batty celebrated his 150th appearance for the Somerset side, on 2 February 2018. The record takes into account cup matches.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.premiershiprugby.com/2017-2018/ross-batty-make-150th-appearance-bath-rugby-ospreys/|title=Ross Batty to make 150th appearance for Bath Rugby against Ospreys|publisher=PremiershipRugby.com |date=1 February 2018 |accessdate=31 March 2018}}</ref>

On 25 April 2019 Batty renewed his contract with Bath. The Bath regular agreed on an 'undisclosed-length' contract. With the club he had spent nine seasons with, at the end of the 2018–2019 season. <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/48058316|title=Ross Batty: Bath hooker signs new contract with Premiership club|publisher=BBC Sport |date=25 April 2019 |accessdate=4 June 2019}}</ref> He will retire on medical grounds at the end of the 2020–21 season.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Longstanding Bath Rugby man Batty to retire at the end of the season|url=https://www.bathrugby.com/club-news/ross-batty-announces-retirement-from-professional-rugby/|access-date=2021-06-01|website=Bath Rugby|language=en}}</ref>

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==External links== *[http://www.premiershiprugby.com/squads.php?player=19904&includeref=dynamic Guinness Premiership Profile]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Batty, Ross}} Category:1986 births Category:Bath Rugby players Category:English rugby union players Category:Living people Category:Newcastle Red Bulls players Category:People educated at Barnard Castle School Category:Rotherham Titans players Category:Rugby union hookers Category:Rugby union players from Tyne and Wear