Tub boss Johann van Graan hailed his gamers for “going 12 rounds” with Gallagher Premiership title rivals Leicester in a 43-15 victory on the Recreation Floor.
A house play-off already secured, Tub moved 15 factors clear on the Premiership summit after protecting Leicester scoreless within the second half.
“We spoke within the week a couple of heavyweight boxing contest. Primary versus quantity two on the log, going 12 rounds, 80 minutes, and I believed we did that,” Van Graan stated.
“We weren’t excellent, however we went the total 80 minutes and I cherished the angle. We’re very proud of the 5 factors.
“We received our preparation spot-on for this week. It was an actual 23-man effort, and to maintain Leicester scoreless within the second half takes some doing.”
Tries from Ben Spencer, Beno Obano, Quinn Roux, Tom Dunn, Will Stuart, Joe Cokanasiga and Will Butt – plus 4 Finn Russell conversions – gave Bath the send-off they required going into subsequent Friday’s EPCR Challenge Cup ultimate appointment with Lyon.
They then face Saracens eight days later earlier than a Premiership play-off the next weekend, and Van Graan added: “We’d like to get to Twickenham once more, however knockout video games are one-off.
“The vital factor right this moment was that we went 12 rounds with the quantity two workforce within the league and stored punching for the 80 minutes.
“We’ve been on a journey for 3 seasons. It is necessary we follow our course of, which we now have turn out to be excellent at, and simply take pleasure in it.
“It’s a nice time to be at Tub Rugby. We’ve received a house semi-final, we now have gained the Premiership Cup and we’re in a European ultimate, and my message to the gamers is to utterly adore it.”
Leicester would require some extent from their ultimate Premiership recreation towards Newcastle to substantiate a play-off place.
And victory for Leicester over the Premiership’s backside membership on Might 31 would additionally safe a house semi-final.
Leicester had been in competition for a lot of the Recreation Floor conflict and led simply earlier than half-time.
However regardless of tries by Joseph Woodward and Adam Radwan, plus a Handre Pollard penalty and conversion, they might not make strain depend.
Leicester head coach Michael Cheika stated: “I believed we labored actually exhausting in defence – we had been fairly bodily there.
“I simply didn’t suppose we had that additional edge in assault that might put strain again on them.
“I believed at half-time we had been proper within the contest. We had some alternatives that we didn’t nail, and if you end up enjoying towards a high workforce away from residence you’ve got to ensure you nail as many as you may. We paid the worth in the long run.”
