Stringer to join Bath on short-term loan

Veteran Munster scrum-half Peter Stringer will this week join up with Aviva Premiership outfit Bath on a short term contract expected to last seven or eight weeks.

The 35-year-old, capped 232 times for Munster, has signed up with Bath on a similar deal to the one arranged last season with Saracens, but he will be available to Munster, if required for the knock-out stages of the Heineken Cup.