Halfpenny linked with Bath switch

Wales and Toulon full-back Leigh Halfpenny has been linked with a move to Premiership side Bath ahead of the 2018/2019 season.

According to The Times, Halfpenny visited Bath’s training base last Monday.

The 28-year-old had been in talks to return to Wales this year with Cardiff Blues on a NDC (National Dual Contract) ahead of the 2019 Rugby World Cup, for a reported £420,000 per season.

Those talks however have fallen through according to The Times over Halfpenny’s request for his two-year contract to be extended to cover the months taken up by the Rugby World Cup.

Halfpenny joined Toulon from the Blues back in 2014 and is now understood to be set for a fourth campaign with the three-time European champions, on a reported salary of £750,000.