Bath vs Sale Sharks: Key Moments
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Bath earn their first Premiership Rugby Final appearence since 2006 in a hard fought 31-23 victory at The Rec.
Here are our Key Moments:
11' Ted Hill Opener
Bath do excellently in midfield with quick hands to send Ted Hill flying down the touchline. Russell takes the ball flat into a gap before the scrum-half chips over the top of O’Flaherty for Hill to score on the blindside.
Bath 8-0 Sale Sharks
22' Muir 50:22
Muir with an excellent nudge downfield earning Bath a 50:22. Lawrence carries powerfully after the line out with Barbeary coming around the corner like a train. Obano dives over and scores a well worked team try.
Bath 15-5 Sale Sharks
33' Sale Sharks Maul
Sale Sharks have formed a real weapon of a maul and claw right back into the game curtesy of the forward packs hard yards
Bath 18-12 Sale Sharks
Halftime: Bath 18-15 Sale Sharks
45’ Sale scrum dominace rewarded
The Sale Sharks pack earn a crucial penalty at scrum time which allows George Ford to slot a 40m penalty kick to even scores
Bath 18-18 Sale Sharks
52' Joe Carpenter pin point kick, O’ Flaherty chase
Cokanasiga knocks on in midfield and Taylor gathers passing wide to Roebuck beating Muir on the outside and offloading to Joe Carpenter. Carpenter chips instinctively over the top and O’ Flaherty flys down the field beating Roux for pace to score a world class try
Bath 21-23 Sale Sharks
64’ Creevy penalty
After a lengthy kicking battle between the two teams, Creevy is penalised for using is hands in the ruck. Russel steps up and kicks over 3 points from the 10m line
Bath 24-23 Sale Sharks
Spencer dinks a perfectly placed kick into the corner of Sale's 5m with Joe Cokanasiga following up with a brilliant chase to put pressure on the defence forcing a Bath lineout. The forwards go to work and Bath power over the line with a maul
Bath 31-23 Sale Sharks
Final Score: Bath 31-23 Sale Sharks
