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Att.: 2000 | BT Sport |
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WINS | |||||
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LOSSES | |||||
97 |
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45 | |||
DRAWS | |||||
8 |
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Scarlets dug deep to claim a Heineken Champions Cup nail-biter at The Rec, producing an incredible defensive effort in the final dramatic minutes to claim a 23-19 victory.
With the clock into the red, after a series of short-range drives at the Scarlets line, scrum-half Ben Spencer darted for the whitewash, but was denied by young replacement lock Morgan Jones. In a dramatic finale, referee Alexandre Ruiz went to the television match official, who ruled no try, to the huge delight and relief of the visitors.
Throughout a tense Pool A encounter, there was little between the two sides with Scarlets scoring a try in each half through scrum-halves Gareth Davies - on his 200th appearance - and Kieran Hardy.
Both teams had their chances to win, but in the end the spoils and the famous old rag doll were heading to West Wales.
It was Bath who started the stronger and were rewarded with an early penalty from the boot of England scrum-half Spencer.
The Scarlets, though, responded in blistering fashion. Leigh Halfpenny freed man of the match Steff Evans on his outside with the flying winger doing superbly to burst through and find Davies on his inside.
The scrum-half still had work to do, but sidestepped the final defender for a trademark score.
Halfpenny converted, but was then just short with a long-range attempt from halfway.
The Scarlets lost Wales international forwards Jake Ball and Samson Lee to head injury assessments with Morgan Jones and Javan Sebastian replacing the duo.
Then on 18 minutes, it was the 2,000-strong home crowd who were celebrating their side’s first try as Bath stretched the Scarlets’ defence to send wing Ruaridh McConnochie over.
Spencer missed the conversion, but added two further penalties, sandwiching one from Halfpenny to ensure the home side led 14-10 at the break.
The second half continued to fluctuate towards the dramatic conclusion.
Halfpenny reduced the arrears to 14-13 six minutes after the restart, but Bath grabbed the momentum of the contest and responded with a close-range score for prop Will Stuart.
Josh Macleod replaced Jac Morgan, who enjoyed another outstanding game, and made an immediate impact with a turnover, while the experience of Jon Davies also proved crucial off the bench.
With 16 minutes remaining, the Scarlets were in the lead again, Dan Jones combined with Rob Evans, who produced a sublime off-load to put Hardy away under the posts for a score converted by Halfpenny.
With one point in it, both sides had chances.
Hardy just failed to find Evans on his outside with the line beckoning, while Bath’s route-one approach came against brick-wall defence.
A Halfpenny penalty gave the Scarlets a four-point cushion going into the final minutes, but Bath stole the kick-off before pounding away at the visitors’ line.
It needed some incredible defence from Halfpenny, Jones and Co to keep Bath at bay, but that’s what they did to record another famous victory at The Rec.
Bath Rugby | Scarlets | |||||||||
PEN | DG | CON | TRY | PLAYER | POS | PLAYER | TRY | CON | DG | PEN |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Beno Obano | 1 | Wyn Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tom Dunn | 2 | Ryan Elias | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Will Stuart | 3 | Samson Lee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Josh McNally | 4 | Jake Ball | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Ewels | 5 | Sam Lousi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Williams | 6 | Blade Thomson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sam Underhill | 7 | Jac Morgan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Taulupe Faletau | 8 | Sione Kalamafoni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ben Spencer | 9 | Gareth Davies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Josh Matavesi | 10 | Dan Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Ruaridh McConnochie | 11 | Steffan Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cameron Redpath | 12 | Steffan Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jonathan Joseph | 13 | Tyler Morgan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Cokanasiga | 14 | Ryan Conbeer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Anthony Watson | 15 | Leigh Halfpenny | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Walker | 16 | Marc Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Juan Schoeman | 17 | Rob Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Christian Judge | 18 | Javan Sebastian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Elliott Stooke | 19 | Morgan Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Josh Bayliss | 20 | Josh Macleod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Zach Mercer | 21 | Kieran Hardy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Will Chudley | 22 | Angus O'Brien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Semesa Rokoduguni | 23 | Jonathan Davies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Time | Action | Description | Team |
2' | Penalty | Ben Spencer has kicked the penalty goal | |
7' | Try | Gareth Davies has scored a try | |
8' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Jake Ball | |
8' | Replacement On | Replacement on Morgan Jones | |
8' | Conversion | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the conversion | |
11' | Replacement On | Replacement on Zach Mercer | |
11' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Taulupe Faletau | |
16' | Missed Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has missed the penalty | |
18' | Try | Ruaridh McConnochie has scored a try | |
19' | Missed Conversion | Ben Spencer has missed the conversion | |
23' | Replacement On | Replacement on Javan Sebastian | |
23' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Samson Lee | |
25' | Penalty | Ben Spencer has kicked the penalty goal | |
32' | Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the penalty goal | |
34' | Penalty | Ben Spencer has kicked the penalty goal | |
40' | Replacement On | Replacement on Morgan Jones | |
40' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Jake Ball | |
40' | Replacement On | Replacement on Zach Mercer | |
40' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Taulupe Faletau | |
41' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Tom Dunn | |
41' | Replacement On | Replacement on Jack Walker | |
46' | Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the penalty goal | |
47' | Replacement On | Replacement on Jonathan Davies | |
47' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Ryan Conbeer | |
49' | Replacement On | Replacement on Josh Bayliss | |
49' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Josh McNally | |
49' | Replacement On | Replacement on Elliott Stooke | |
49' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Mike Williams | |
51' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Wyn Jones | |
51' | Replacement On | Replacement on Rob Evans | |
53' | Try | Will Stuart has scored a try | |
54' | Missed Conversion | Ben Spencer has missed the conversion | |
54' | Replacement On | Replacement on Kieran Hardy | |
54' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Gareth Davies | |
55' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Jac Morgan | |
55' | Replacement On | Replacement on Josh Macleod | |
61' | Replacement On | Replacement on Juan Schoeman | |
61' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Beno Obano | |
64' | Conversion | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the conversion | |
64' | Try | Kieran Hardy has scored a try | |
65' | Replacement On | Replacement on Angus O'Brien | |
65' | Replacement On | Replacement on Marc Jones | |
65' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Ryan Elias | |
65' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Dan Jones | |
68' | Missed Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has missed the penalty | |
68' | Replacement On | Replacement on Christian Judge | |
68' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Will Stuart | |
75' | Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the penalty goal |
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Heineken Champions Cup | ||||||||
Att.: 2000 | BT Sport |
Bath Rugby | Scarlets | |
Will Stuart Ruaridh McConnochie |
TRY |
Gareth Davies Kieran Hardy |
- | CON |
Leigh Halfpenny(2) |
Ben Spencer(3) |
PEN |
Leigh Halfpenny(3) |
- | DG | - |
- | YC | - |
- | YC | - |
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WINS | |||||
45 |
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97 | |||
LOSSES | |||||
97 |
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45 | |||
DRAWS | |||||
8 |
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8 |
Bath Rugby | Scarlets | |
Will Stuart Ruaridh McConnochie |
TRY |
Gareth Davies Kieran Hardy |
- | CON |
Leigh Halfpenny(2) |
Ben Spencer(3) |
PEN |
Leigh Halfpenny(3) |
- | DG | - |
- | YC | - |
- | YC | - |
Scarlets dug deep to claim a Heineken Champions Cup nail-biter at The Rec, producing an incredible defensive effort in the final dramatic minutes to claim a 23-19 victory.
With the clock into the red, after a series of short-range drives at the Scarlets line, scrum-half Ben Spencer darted for the whitewash, but was denied by young replacement lock Morgan Jones. In a dramatic finale, referee Alexandre Ruiz went to the television match official, who ruled no try, to the huge delight and relief of the visitors.
Throughout a tense Pool A encounter, there was little between the two sides with Scarlets scoring a try in each half through scrum-halves Gareth Davies - on his 200th appearance - and Kieran Hardy.
Both teams had their chances to win, but in the end the spoils and the famous old rag doll were heading to West Wales.
It was Bath who started the stronger and were rewarded with an early penalty from the boot of England scrum-half Spencer.
The Scarlets, though, responded in blistering fashion. Leigh Halfpenny freed man of the match Steff Evans on his outside with the flying winger doing superbly to burst through and find Davies on his inside.
The scrum-half still had work to do, but sidestepped the final defender for a trademark score.
Halfpenny converted, but was then just short with a long-range attempt from halfway.
The Scarlets lost Wales international forwards Jake Ball and Samson Lee to head injury assessments with Morgan Jones and Javan Sebastian replacing the duo.
Then on 18 minutes, it was the 2,000-strong home crowd who were celebrating their side’s first try as Bath stretched the Scarlets’ defence to send wing Ruaridh McConnochie over.
Spencer missed the conversion, but added two further penalties, sandwiching one from Halfpenny to ensure the home side led 14-10 at the break.
The second half continued to fluctuate towards the dramatic conclusion.
Halfpenny reduced the arrears to 14-13 six minutes after the restart, but Bath grabbed the momentum of the contest and responded with a close-range score for prop Will Stuart.
Josh Macleod replaced Jac Morgan, who enjoyed another outstanding game, and made an immediate impact with a turnover, while the experience of Jon Davies also proved crucial off the bench.
With 16 minutes remaining, the Scarlets were in the lead again, Dan Jones combined with Rob Evans, who produced a sublime off-load to put Hardy away under the posts for a score converted by Halfpenny.
With one point in it, both sides had chances.
Hardy just failed to find Evans on his outside with the line beckoning, while Bath’s route-one approach came against brick-wall defence.
A Halfpenny penalty gave the Scarlets a four-point cushion going into the final minutes, but Bath stole the kick-off before pounding away at the visitors’ line.
It needed some incredible defence from Halfpenny, Jones and Co to keep Bath at bay, but that’s what they did to record another famous victory at The Rec.
Bath Rugby | |||||
POS | PLAYER | TRY | CON | DG | PEN |
1 | Beno Obano | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Tom Dunn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Will Stuart | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Josh McNally | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Charlie Ewels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Mike Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Sam Underhill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Taulupe Faletau | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Ben Spencer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
10 | Josh Matavesi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Ruaridh McConnochie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Cameron Redpath | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Jonathan Joseph | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Joe Cokanasiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Anthony Watson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Jack Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Juan Schoeman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Christian Judge | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Elliott Stooke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Josh Bayliss | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Zach Mercer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Will Chudley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Semesa Rokoduguni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scarlets | |||||
POS | PLAYER | TRY | CON | DG | PEN |
1 | Wyn Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | Ryan Elias | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Samson Lee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | Jake Ball | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | Sam Lousi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | Blade Thomson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | Jac Morgan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | Sione Kalamafoni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Gareth Davies | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | Dan Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | Steffan Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Steffan Hughes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | Tyler Morgan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | Ryan Conbeer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | Leigh Halfpenny | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
16 | Marc Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17 | Rob Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18 | Javan Sebastian | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19 | Morgan Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | Josh Macleod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | Kieran Hardy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | Angus O'Brien | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | Jonathan Davies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Time | Action | Description | Team |
2' | Penalty | Ben Spencer has kicked the penalty goal | |
7' | Try | Gareth Davies has scored a try | |
8' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Jake Ball | |
8' | Replacement On | Replacement on Morgan Jones | |
8' | Conversion | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the conversion | |
11' | Replacement On | Replacement on Zach Mercer | |
11' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Taulupe Faletau | |
16' | Missed Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has missed the penalty | |
18' | Try | Ruaridh McConnochie has scored a try | |
19' | Missed Conversion | Ben Spencer has missed the conversion | |
23' | Replacement On | Replacement on Javan Sebastian | |
23' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Samson Lee | |
25' | Penalty | Ben Spencer has kicked the penalty goal | |
32' | Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the penalty goal | |
34' | Penalty | Ben Spencer has kicked the penalty goal | |
40' | Replacement On | Replacement on Morgan Jones | |
40' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Jake Ball | |
40' | Replacement On | Replacement on Zach Mercer | |
40' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Taulupe Faletau | |
41' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Tom Dunn | |
41' | Replacement On | Replacement on Jack Walker | |
46' | Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the penalty goal | |
47' | Replacement On | Replacement on Jonathan Davies | |
47' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Ryan Conbeer | |
49' | Replacement On | Replacement on Josh Bayliss | |
49' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Josh McNally | |
49' | Replacement On | Replacement on Elliott Stooke | |
49' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Mike Williams | |
51' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Wyn Jones | |
51' | Replacement On | Replacement on Rob Evans | |
53' | Try | Will Stuart has scored a try | |
54' | Missed Conversion | Ben Spencer has missed the conversion | |
54' | Replacement On | Replacement on Kieran Hardy | |
54' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Gareth Davies | |
55' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Jac Morgan | |
55' | Replacement On | Replacement on Josh Macleod | |
61' | Replacement On | Replacement on Juan Schoeman | |
61' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Beno Obano | |
64' | Conversion | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the conversion | |
64' | Try | Kieran Hardy has scored a try | |
65' | Replacement On | Replacement on Angus O'Brien | |
65' | Replacement On | Replacement on Marc Jones | |
65' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Ryan Elias | |
65' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Dan Jones | |
68' | Missed Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has missed the penalty | |
68' | Replacement On | Replacement on Christian Judge | |
68' | Replacement Off | Replacement off Will Stuart | |
75' | Penalty | Leigh Halfpenny has kicked the penalty goal |