Bath hold on to edge out Tigers

Gallagher Premiership

Leicester (10) 15

Tries: van Poortvliet, Cole Cons: Shillcock Pen: Shillcock

Bath (5) 20

Tries: Muir, de Glanville, Pepper Cons: Russell Pen: Spencer

Bath scored 15 second-half points arsenic they held connected for an edgy triumph complete Leicester Tigers astatine a sunny Mattioli Woods Welford Road to make it 2 wins from 2 successful nan Premiership.

A smart counter-attack and immoderate neat interplay ended pinch Will Muir going complete successful nan area to put nan visitors ahead.

But Jack van Poortvliet rounded disconnected a beautiful move to touch down nether nan posts arsenic Tigers deed backmost to thief them build a 10-5 lead astatine nan extremity of a pulsating and high-quality first half.

Tom de Glanville dived complete successful nan area to level nan scores soon aft nan interval and nan title became progressively tense and error-strewn.

Guy Pepper put nan Blue, Black and Whites up and Finn Russell's conversion and Ben Spencer punishment stretched nan lead to 20-10.

And though Dan Cole bundled complete for a last-minute try, Bath held connected for victory.

More to follow.

Leicester: Steward; Watson, Perese, Kelly, Hassell-Collins; Shillcock, van Poortvliet (capt); Smith, Clare, Heyes, Wells, Martin, Liebenberg, Reffell, Cracknell.

Replacements: Theobald-Thomas, Cronin, Cole, Joussain, Hatherell, Youngs, Volavola, Brown.

Bath: De Glanville; Cokanasiga, Lawrence, Butt, Muir; Russell, Spencer (capt); Obano, Dunn, Stuart, Roux, Molony, Bayliss, Pepper, Barbeary.

Replacements: Annett, van Wyk, Sela, Ewels, Hill, Carr-Smith, Bailey, Coetzee.

Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys.