Arundell on long route to Bath's big day and hometown glory

"There was George Ford at 10, which is a bit of a weird one now playing with him for England. "But also Kyle Eastmond, Jonathan Joseph, Anthony Watson - another who I have played with at England, again weird. "Tom Dunn and Charlie Ewels were part of that squad and are still here.

"I was just a child who loved rugby and dreamed of one day being in this scenario, so, yeah, it's pretty cool. " On Sunday, Arundell, now 23, and his modern-day Bath team have another semi-final to negotiate. It will be considerably tougher than that rout of Leicester.

Bordeaux-Begles, the star-studded, reigning champions, have home advantage at a sold-out 42,000-capacity Stade Atlantique in a scrap to make 23 May's Champions Cup final. Live commentary on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2 and online The match will be Bath's first Champions Cup semi-final in 20 years. Arundell too has taken a longer-than-expected route to this point.

As a rugby-mad schoolboy at Beechen Cliff in Bath, the club were the obvious career choice. Arundell's team-mates Miles Reid (four years above), Tom de Glanville (three years above), Ethan Staddon (a year above) and Vilikesa 'Billy' Sela (two years below) were all tied to Bath's academy from the state school's rugby programme. But, aged 14, Henry's talents, and his father's career, took him elsewhere.