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

Arundell on long route to Bath's big day and hometown gloryImage source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Arundell is fifth in this season's Champions Cup try-scoring stats (with five) and has made the third-most clean breaks in the competition (with 13).ByMike HensonBBC Sport rugby union news reporterPublished8 minutes agoCommentsHenry Arundell's favourite childhood memory of Bath is of another semi-final.Back in 2015, as a 12-year-old, he and his season ticket-holding family were at the Recreation Ground cheering on a demolition of Leicester in the Premiership play-offs."That was an awesome day - I remember that team so well," Arundell told BBC Sport."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.Bordeaux-Begles v BathInvestec Champions CupSunday 3 May, 15:00 BSTStade Atlantique Bordeaux MetropoleListen on SoundsLive commentary on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra 2 and onlineThe 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...