{"id":151357,"date":"2025-06-02T05:58:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T05:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/151357\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T05:58:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T05:58:10","slug":"tyler-offiah-proud-after-try-scoring-premiership-debut-for-bath-v-saracens-planet-rugby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/151357\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Offiah proud after try-scoring Premiership debut for Bath v Saracens : Planet Rugby"},"content":{"rendered":"

10 minutes was all Tyler Offiah needed to score on his Premiership debut for Bath yesterday and show why he is such an exciting young prospect.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The son of rugby league great Martin Offiah has some way to go before he reaches his father\u2019s career figure of 501 touchdowns.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the winger is up and running at the age of 18 and appears set for a bright future as his star continues to rise with Johann van Graan\u2019s title favourites.<\/p>\n

Tyler<\/a> joined Bath<\/a> on an Academy contract last summer and has made significant strides, featuring in the Premiership Rugby Cup before making his bow in the final league game at Saracens.<\/p>\n

Try off the bench<\/p>\n

The strapping teenager, who stands 6ft 3in and tips the scales at 98kg, came on in the 55th minute and raced over the line to score in the left-hand corner 10 minutes later.<\/p>\n

Leaders Bath lost the game 36-26, but for Offiah scoring on his Premiership<\/a> bow in a live televised game marked the realisation of a dream.<\/p>\n

Offiah, who performed his \u2018T-time\u2019 celebration in front of the television cameras, told Planet Rugby: \u201cI came on to play on the left wing and when I found myself in place I was screaming for it!<\/p>\n

\u201cLandy (Orlando Bailey) hit me with a long pass and I went over the line.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt felt amazing and then I saw the big camera in the corner, so I thought \u2018go on then, I\u2019ll do my celebration\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were losing quite heavily at that point but I thought \u2018it\u2019s my Premiership debut\u2019 so I think I was allowed to celebrate.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think my friends would have been more annoyed if I hadn\u2019t have done it!<\/p>\n

\u201cI might have had another try late on, but all in all it was a good game.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously it was disappointing that we lost, but we gave it a very good go and I was really proud of the boys.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wouldn\u2019t say I\u2019m a very superstitious or spiritual person but I\u2019ve always been wishing this moment would come and now it has happened.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe support the boys have given me has been amazing \u2013 we\u2019re all mates \u2013 and Ruaridh McConnochie is retiring at the end of the season but he\u2019s going to be such a great coach.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe help he\u2019s given me with my positioning and edge defence has been outstanding.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Offiah\u2019s first-team opportunity was reward for plenty of hard work during the past year as he combined his degree in politics and international relations at Bath University with his rugby commitments.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I\u2019ve been fortunate this year with \u2013 touch wood \u2013 not getting any serious injuries,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve just been working hard at training to keep myself fit and then working with the coaches.<\/p>\n

\u201cRyan Davis is someone I have meetings with on my individual skills and I work with a female coach who we call \u2018Grow\u2019 on the psychology side of things about how to interact with people at the club and outside the club.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously the transition at the start was challenging and I had a few ups and downs \u2013 \u2018organisational issues\u2019 I\u2019d call them.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut I smoothed those out over Christmas and came back, trained well and got an opportunity to play in the Premiership Rugby Cup.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think I took that as well as I could and it made me more determined to seize the opportunity against Saracens on Saturday.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wanted to show what I\u2019ve got and I think I did that.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m at the beginning of my journey but all my experiences at Ealing, coming through the academy at London Irish and playing at school for St Benedict\u2019s and Wellington College has helped to get me where I am today.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m proud of myself for how far I\u2019ve come in the past year since joining Bath.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s such a fantastic club and being around so many great players such as Finn Russell, Will Muir and Sam Underhill has been brilliant for my development.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe advice these guys give you is second to none and the environment is such a high level.\u201d<\/p>\n

Offiah is now waiting to hear if he will get selected for England in this summer\u2019s World Rugby U20s Championship.<\/p>\n

Whether or not he could be in line to feature for Bath in their play-off semi-final at home to Bristol Bears on Friday remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just good to be in the mix and hopefully I can go to Italy in the summer with England for the World Championship,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just doing the best I can and whatever the future holds, we\u2019ll see.\u201d<\/p>\n

Runs in the family<\/p>\n

Tyler\u2019s younger brother Phoenix, 15, is a promising striker in the Tottenham Hotspur youth ranks.<\/p>\n

He was there on Saturday with parents Martin<\/a> and Virginia to watch Tyler score against Sarries.<\/p>\n

Tyler added: \u201cMy grandfather came here from Nigeria in the late 1950s and my dad obviously did great things in his rugby career.<\/p>\n

\u201cHopefully Phoenix and I can write our sporting stories and continue to do the Offiah family name proud.\u201d<\/p>\n

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