The arrival of Dan Cole and James Cronin gave Leicester a fillip but when Lawrence stripped Liebenberg, the swing in momentum was decisive. Bath’s line-out routine was calamitous, with Pepper spilling, but moments later the industrious flanker was burrowing over from close range to give Bath the lead.
After a Leicester offside, Spencer took on kicking duties and Bath’s captain stepped up, despite Cole’s late consolation, to end an East Midlands drought.
Match details
Scoring sequence: 3-0 Shillcock pen, 3-5 Muir try, 8-5 Van Poortvliet try, 10-5 Shillcock con, 10-10 De Glanville try, 10-15 Pepper try, 10-17 Russell con, 10-20 Spencer pen, 15-20 Cole try.
H-T: 10-5
Leicester: F Steward; A Watson (Brown 68), I Perese, D Kelly, O Hassell-Collins; J Shillcock (Volavola 55), J van Poortvliet (c) (Youngs 63); N Smith (Cronin 55), C Clare (Theobald-Thomas 65), J Heyes (Cole 55), H Wells (Joussain 76), G Martin, H Liebenberg, T Reffell, O Cracknell (Hatherell 38).
Yellow card: Perese 16
Bath: T de Glanville; J Cokanasiga (Bailey 16), O Lawrence, W Butt, W Muir (Hill 45); F Russell, B Spencer (c); B Obano (Van Wyk 59), T Dunn (Annett 59), W Stuart (Sela 69), Q Roux, R Molony (Ewels 59), J Bayliss (Carr-Smith 55), G Pepper, A Barbeary (Coetzee 5, Barbeary 17, Coetzee 51).
Referee: C Maxwell-Keys
Attendance: 17,898
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