# Ross Batty

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{{Short description|English rugby union player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name                    = Ross Batty
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| birth_date              = {{birth date and age|1986|9|20|df=yes}}
| birth_place             = [North Tyneside](/source/North_Tyneside), England
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| 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](/source/Bath_Rugby)
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| years1                  = 2006–2009
| years2                  = 2009–2010
| years3                  = 2010-
| clubs1                  = [Newcastle Falcons](/source/Newcastle_Falcons)
| clubs2                  = [Rotherham Titans](/source/Rotherham_Titans)
| clubs3                  = [Bath](/source/Bath_Rugby)
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| apps2                   = 18
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| ru_clubupdate           = 4 June 2019
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'''Ross Batty''' (born 20 September 1986, in England) a former [Barnard Castle School](/source/Barnard_Castle_School) pupil, is an English [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player whose primary position is [hooker](/source/Rugby_union_positions). Batty is currently at [Bath](/source/Bath_Rugby) in [Premiership Rugby](/source/Premiership_Rugby).

A regular in the scrum for Bath after joining from [Rotherham](/source/Rotherham_Titans) in 2010. Batty celebrated his 150th appearance for the [Somerset](/source/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](/source/Bath_Rugby) 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>

==References==
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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

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