Bath stun Leicester Tigers in Anglo Welsh LV Cup

Bath pulled off surprise 17-35 victory over Premiership champions Leicester Tigers in the Anglo Welsh LV= Cup at Welford Road on Friday which secures a home Semi-final for the West country club.

Bath produced an impressive away win against a depleted Leicester side at Welford
Road.

The visitors didn’t concede a point in the second half despite having numerous
players away on international duty, with Matt Banahan putting in a Man of the
Match performance.

Banahan’s try was one of four for Bath as Gavin Henson kicked 15 points, with
Argentina international Pablo Matera scoring a try for Leicester along with
Blaine Scully.

Final Score Leicester Tigers 17 (17) Bath 35 (18)

Scorers

Leicester Tigers
Tries – Matera, Scully
Pen -Williams
Con – Williams (2)
Drop –

Bath
Tries – Faosiliva, Banahan, Devoto, Fearns
Pen – Henson (3)
Con – Henson (3)
Drop –

Match Officials
Referee: Wayne Barnes (RFU, 9th competition game).
Assistant Referees: Nigel Carrick and JP Doyle (RFU).
TMO: Graham Hughes

Teams

Leicester Tigers: 15 Blaine Scully, 14 Scott Hamilton, 13 Matt Smith, 12 Terrence Hepetema, 11 George Catchpole, 10 Owen Williams, 9 Sam Harrison, 8 Thomas Waldrom (c), 7 Pablo Matera, 6 Steve Mafi, 5 Sebastian De Chaves, 4 Tom Price, 3 Fraser Balmain, 2 Rob Hawkins, 1 Tom Bristow.

Replacements:16 George Chuter, 17 Boris Stankovich, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 Harry Wells, 20 Michael Noone, 21 Scott Steele, 22 Ryan Lamb, 23 Rhys Williams.

Bath: 15 Nick Abendanon, 14 Richard Lane, 13 Matt Banahan, 12 Gavin Henson, 11 Tom Biggs, 10 Ollie Devoto, 9 Peter Stringer, 8 Leroy Houston, 7 Alafoti Fa’osiliva, 6 David Sisi, 5 Dominic Day, 4 Stuart Hooper (c), 3 Juan Pablo Orlandi, 2 Ross Batty, 1 Charlie Beech

Replacements: 16 Rob Webber, 17 Anthony Perenise, 18 Kane Palma-Newport, 19 Ryan Caldwell, 20 Carl Fearns, 21 Francois Louw, 22 Martin Roberts, 23 Olly Woodburn.