{"id":453630,"date":"2026-03-02T13:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T13:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/453630\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T13:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T13:23:08","slug":"johann-van-graan-loses-key-right-hand-man-to-local-rivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/453630\/","title":{"rendered":"Johann van Graan loses key right-hand man to local rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/bath\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bath<\/a> Rugby have confirmed the news that we first reported on earlier this year \u2013 that head of recruitment Rob Burgess is moving back to Gloucester.<\/p>\n<p>Poor recruitment had held Bath back under previous regimes but since Head of Rugby Johann van Graan and Burgess started working together, key players have been retained or brought into the club.<\/p>\n<p>Burgess joined Bath at the start of the 2023\/24 season, having previously worked for Dragons, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/gloucester\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gloucester<\/a> and the RFU in various operational roles.<\/p>\n<p>He heads back to Gloucester Rugby to take up a role within its rugby structure.<\/p>\n<p>Of his time at Bath, Burgess said: \u201cThe last three seasons have been incredible. Special memories made with special people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be a part of what Johann has created is something I\u2019ll be forever grateful for, and I wish the club every success in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In Burgess\u2019 time at Farleigh House, Bath have been transformed from easy-beats to the club to beat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRob has been a brilliant part of our group over the past three seasons,\u201d said van Graan.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis commitment on and off the field has embodied everything we value at the club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish him the very best for the next chapter in his career \u2014 and there\u2019s no doubt that his best is still to come.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bath Rugby have confirmed the news that we first reported on earlier this year \u2013 that head of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453631,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-453630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453630\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}