Will Greenwood takes a look at Bath and Wasps as the 'annoyingly good' sides prepare to face off at Twickenham in The Daily Telegraph.
"And that is why Bath annoy me. They just have to try to be different. But, confusingly, it's also the reason why I find myself cheering them on. I can't help loving their cavalier, devil-may-care ways. When games are tight and they are under pressure, they still want to have a go. I think the irritation comes from the knowledge that I would have loved to play for them. They have talent and a head coach who has imagination, wit, nerve and verve.
"And yet their insistence on playing it one way so often finds them almost losing games they could have won twice over, which I also happen to find incredibly annoying. I told you I was confused. But this afternoon Bath are in good company because if there is one thing that their opponents Wasps do, it's get right under my skin.
"I really don't know how they do it. They have been rubbish for large chunks of this year and yet here they are going head to head with Bath for a slot in the last four and a play-off place. How do they do that? How do they always manage to time a run and get their players back ready for a final surge just as the rest of us are getting ready for British Summer Time? It winds me up."
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