Premiership: Bath 19-18 Leicester Tigers. Butt wins last-gasp Bath comeback

Ted Hill scores for Bath
Ted Hill, an ex-hooker from Worcester, won his second match for Bath with his second try.
Bath: (8) 19
Tries: Hill, Butt Pens: Bailey 3
Leicester Tigers: (15) 18
Tries: Nadolo, Cronin Con: Burns Pens: Burns 2

Will Butt was able to score a last-minute goal as Bath won 19-18 at Recreation Ground.

Nemani Nadoslo and James Cronin were able to score for the Tigers, giving them a seven-point half-time lead. Ted Hill crossed for Bath.

After the break, Orlando Bailey & Freddie Burns swapped penalties before Butt dived to his death as the clock struck red.

The win means that Bath has won three consecutive league matches, the first time they have done so since February 2021.

We will keep you posted.

Bath: Shillcock, Butt, Joseph, Lawrence, Gallagher, Bailey, Spencer; Morozov, Annett, Rae, Lee-Warner, Roux, Hill, Reid, De Carpentier.

Replacements: Dunn, Cordwell, Jonker, Ellis, Bayliss, Green, Redpath, White.

Leicester Tigers: Watson, Ashton, Potter, Scott, Nadolo, Burns, Wigglesworth; Cronin, Clare, Cole, Wells, Green, Martin, Liebenberg, Cracknell.

Replacements: Cowan-Dickie, Van Wyk, Hurd, Snyman, Jansen, Edwards, Atkinson, Cokanasiga.

Referee: Tom Foley.

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