Johann van Graan taking Munster lessons into English Premiership final

The former Thomond Park boss will lead his Bath side into a title decider with table toppers Northampton Saints at a sold-out Twickenham on Saturday afternoon.

FINAL SHOWDOWN: Bath's head coach Johann van Graan.

If Johann van Graan’s experience as Munster boss has taught him anything ahead of Saturday’s English Premiership final, the Bath head coach will be prepared to expect anything and everything to be thrown at his team and still expect something unexpected.

While the Irish province he led for four and a half seasons heads into a URC quarter-final on Friday evening in a bid for back-to-back titles under his successor and former assistant Graham Rowntree, van Graan will take his Premiership runners-up into a title decider with table toppers Northampton Saints at a sold-out Twickenham on Saturday afternoon as the west country club returns to the English domestic showpiece for the first time since 2015.