What's corroborated

Bath and Bordeaux-Begles play in the Champions Cup semi-final on Sunday, 3 May 2025.

Bath won the Premiership and Challenge Cup double last year.

Henry Arundell is 23 years old.

Bordeaux advance to the final against Leinster.

Bordeaux captain Jefferson Poirot is suspended for the match.

Thomas du Toit starts on the tighthead for Bath.

Louie Hennessey partners Ollie Lawrence in midfield for Bath.

Joe Cokanasiga and Max Ojomoh are ruled out for Bath.

Ben Spencer was cleared to start at scrum half.

Temo Matiu and Tom Carr-Smith exchanged late tries.

Ben Tameifuna scored a try for Bordeaux.

Charlie Ewels was shown a yellow card.

Will Muir scored two tries for Bath.

Bordeaux scored after 110 seconds via Marko Gazzotti.

Kick-off was delayed by 10 minutes.

Alfie Barbeary is an uncapped English rugby player.

Stuart Lancaster signed Arundell for Racing 92 and was sacked in February 2025.

Owen Farrell joined Racing 92 in Arundell's second year there.

London Irish went into administration in June 2023.

Arundell was named in England's squad to tour Australia.

Arundell scored a 98m try against Toulon.

Arundell made his professional debut for London Irish in November 2021.

Henry Arundell's favourite childhood memory is Bath's 2015 semi-final against Leicester.

Barbeary was named player of the match in the Champions Cup quarter-final against Northampton and in matches against Castres and Exeter in January.

Barbeary reported back early for extra fitness training.

Barbeary is known for wearing budgie smugglers (speedos).

Barbeary eats only toast on matchdays.

Bath's starting XV includes Beno Obano, Tom Dunn, Thomas du Toit, Quinn Roux, Charlie Ewels, Josh Bayliss, Guy Pepper, Alfie Barbeary, Ben Spencer, Finn Russell, Will Muir, Ollie Lawrence, Louie Hennessey, Henry Arundell, Santi Carreras.

The winner will play Leinster or Toulon in the Champions Cup final in Bilbao on 23 May.

Henry Arundell will face Louis Bielle-Biarrey on the wing.

Spencer had been touch and go for the match.

Bath captain Ben Spencer starts at scrum-half after recovering from a shoulder injury.

Arundell worked with coach Joe Rokocoko and Freddie Michalak at Racing 92.

Arundell went to Harrow School due to his father's job.

Arundell's former Bath academy teammates include Miles Reid, Tom de Glanville, Ethan Staddon, and Billy Sela.

Barbeary attended Glastonbury festival after the season.

Barbeary's mother told him to put his clothes back on during the bus parade.

Barbeary celebrated topless in blue trunks on an open-top bus after the double.

The Champions Cup player of the year shortlist includes Louis Bielle-Biarrey, Finn Russell, Matthieu Jalibert, Caelan Doris, and Alfie Barbeary.