{"id":457410,"date":"2026-03-04T17:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/457410\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T17:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T17:16:08","slug":"bath-complete-a-hat-trick-of-tight-head-contract-renewals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/457410\/","title":{"rendered":"Bath complete a hat-trick of tight-head contract renewals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Kieran Verden has joined fellow tight-heads, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/will-stuart\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Will Stuart<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/billy-sela\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Billy Sela<\/a>, in committing his future to reigning PREM champions Bath.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/thomas-du-toit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Thomas du Toit<\/a>, voted the world\u2019s best tight-head in 2025, is heading back to South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Verden, 27, has been a key squad figure over the last 10 years, with highlights including starting in Bath\u2019s trophy-winning PREM Rugby Cup fixture against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/exeter-chiefs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Exeter Chiefs<\/a> in 2024\/25.<\/p>\n<p>Having come through Bath\u2019s Academy, the Taunton-born 120kg prop made his professional debut in 2020 against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/worcester\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Worcester<\/a> Warriors and has clocked up a total of 34 appearances for the club.<\/p>\n<p>Verden, who has re-signed for another season, said:\u00a0\u201cTo be renewing my contract at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/bath\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bath<\/a> is a special moment for me and my family. The fans are amazing and make The Rec an incredible place to be on match day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a journey and I\u2019m excited to continue and push for greater things with the club.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johann van Graan, Bath\u2019s Head of Rugby, added: \u201cAll of us at the club are so happy that Kieran will be staying with us for another season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKieran\u00a0is a great example of what we as a group have become and always puts the team before himself. He is a club-focussed man who embodies our family first and tough to beat values.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Kieran Verden has joined fellow tight-heads, Will Stuart and Billy Sela, in committing his future to reigning PREM&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":457411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-457410","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\/457410","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=457410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/457410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/457411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=457410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=457410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=457410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}