Fly half Barkley and Lock Borthwick have helped guide Bath to the top of the Zurich Premiership and were each presented with a magnum of champagne on Wednesday. This is the for the first time that the prestigious award has been shared, and the Bath duo follow in the footsteps of NEC Harlequins winger Ugo Monye who was awarded the Zurich Premiership Player of the Month for October.
Bath will face Monye on Saturday in their Zurich Premiership clash against the Londoners at the Rec.
The members of the Zurich Premiership Player of the Month Awards Panel are:
1. David Hands (The Times) 2. Rob Kitson (Guardian) 3. Tony Roche (The Sun) 4. Mick Cleary (Daily Telegraph) 5. Barry Newcombe (Evening Standard) 6. Paul Morgan (Rugby World)7. Alastair Hignell (BBC Radio 5)8. Andrew Baldock (Press Association)9. Neil Squires (Express)10. Miles Harrison (Sky Sports)
