Bath put down marker for final by thumping Leicester
Bath have dominated the Premiership this season, but what was at stake was the exhaustion factor. They are still bubbling along in the big competitions. This epic game was between the top two teams — Bath and Leicester Tigers are favoured to meet in the final, which is already a sell-out.
Exhaustion? Frankly Bath played as if they have only been warming up. The first half was competitive, Leicester could easily have been leading after exerting pressure, but the second half was a sporting massacre, in which Bath accelerated smoothly and even gloriously through the gears to leave Leicester devastated.
By the end, the Bath replacements were roasting the Leicester replacements, and it was advantageous to Bath that they were able to change a good
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