Bath 47 Leicester 10 match report: Matt Banahan scores hat-trick as Tigers are tamed
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Bath 47 Leicester 10 match report: Matt Banahan scores hat-trick as Tigers are tamed
Bath are back.
They will face Saracens in next weekend’s Aviva Premiership final, their first final in this competition since 2004, and it is only right and proper that they should be there.
They have illuminated this season with the brilliance of their back play and it was in stunning evidence again here with seven sparkling tries.
Remarkably, given the final scoreline, there were actually times when you feared that Bath might simply be overpowered by Leicester’s naked intensity and superior set-piece, especially in a jittery period after half-time, and, if only Leicester possessed a …
They will face Saracens in next weekend’s Aviva Premiership final, their first final in this competition since 2004, and it is only right and proper that they should be there.
They have illuminated this season with the brilliance of their back play and it was in stunning evidence again here with seven sparkling tries.
Remarkably, given the final scoreline, there were actually times when you feared that Bath might simply be overpowered by Leicester’s naked intensity and superior set-piece, especially in a jittery period after half-time, and, if only Leicester possessed a …
