• Leinster 25-11 Bath
• Hosts win first European match in six attemptsThese are far from heady days for Bath. Struggling in the Premiership,they are out of the Champions Cup after a tame display against a Leinster team shorn of their Lions and already doomed in Europe. Bath never once led and were so outplayed in the opening half, when their lineout was sabotaged and their backs had to work moves behind the gainline, and that it was if they were the side drawing on their reserves.
Bath lost the physical battle despite being close to full strength and how they could achieve with the Wales No8 Taulupe Faletau they have signed for next season,a ball-carrier to procure them going forward. They struggled to beget anything of slow possession and when they did have lineout possession to work a move from, a mixture of a alert defence and over-eagerness meant nothing came of it. Related: Saracens maintain winning record with crushing defeat of Ulster Related: Exeter seal signing of fresh England recruit Ollie Devoto from Bath Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com