Bath's Ollie Lawrence apologises for role in sin-binning

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 ??. Big shift from the boys second half. We'll take the 2 & move on..." he said.

"Ps - Apologies if my actions today offended anyone. On review, I understand the frustration voiced! I'll be better ??"

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