Bath's Ollie Lawrence apologises for role in Alex Mitchell sin-binning, Harry Byrne makes Bristol bow

Ollie Lawrence has apologised for his role in an incident that led to his England team-mate Alex Mitchell being sin-binned in Bath's defeat at Northampton on Sunday.

Lawrence and Mitchell clashed heads when the Saints scrum-half was making a tackle late in the encounter at Franklin’s Gardens, which was edged 35-34 by the home side.

Bath centre Lawrence crumbled to the ground and after reviewing the collision, referee Anthony Woodthorpe showed Mitchell a yellow card. Lawrence then appeared to smile at the decision.

Following accusations that he had over-reacted to the clash of heads, Lawrence used his X account to express his remorse.

"Wasn’t to be today… Credit to Saints