Bath v Leicester

[An Tarbh]

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Venue: Recreation Ground Date: Saturday, 26 September Kick-off: 1805, Live Sky Sports 3

Bath will look to continue their recent improvement at home to Leicester and Nick Abendanon returns at full-back.

Matt Banahan moves to the centre in place of Matt Carraro, who injured his thumb earlier in the week.

Leicester's international trio Julian White, Lewis Moody and Aaron Mauger all make their first starts of the season for the trip to the Recreation Ground.

Richard Blaze and Jordan Crane also return and James Grindal makes his first appearance since re-signing.

Bath: Abendanon, Maddock, Banahan, Hape, Cuthbert, Little, Claassens (capt), Barnes, Mears, Bell, Short, Grewcock, Faamatuainu, Salvi, Skirving.
Replacements: Dixon, Flatman, Jarvis, Hooper, Beattie, Bemand, Davis, Stephenson.

Leicester: Murphy (capt), Hamilton, Allen, Mauger, Murphy, Staunton, Grindal, Ayerza, Davies, White, Blaze, Kay, Newby, Moody, Crane.
Replacements: Duffey, Castrogiovanni, Stankovich, Parling, Deacon, Youngs, Hipkiss, Smith.

BBC Sport

 

[munstermuffin]

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (An Tarbh @ Sep 25 2009, 03:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div>

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Venue: Recreation Ground Date: Saturday, 26 September Kick-off: 1805, Live Sky Sports 3

Bath will look to continue their recent improvement at home to Leicester and Nick Abendanon returns at full-back.

Matt Banahan moves to the centre in place of Matt Carraro, who injured his thumb earlier in the week.

Leicester's international trio Julian White, Lewis Moody and Aaron Mauger all make their first starts of the season for the trip to the Recreation Ground.

Richard Blaze and Jordan Crane also return and James Grindal makes his first appearance since re-signing.

Bath: Abendanon, Maddock, Banahan, Hape, Cuthbert, Little, Claassens (capt), Barnes, Mears, Bell, Short, Grewcock, Faamatuainu, Salvi, Skirving.
Replacements: Dixon, Flatman, Jarvis, Hooper, Beattie, Bemand, Davis, Stephenson.

Leicester: Murphy (capt), Hamilton, Allen, Mauger, Murphy, Staunton, Grindal, Ayerza, Davies, White, Blaze, Kay, Newby, Moody, Crane.
Replacements: Duffey, Castrogiovanni, Stankovich, Parling, Deacon, Youngs, Hipkiss, Smith.

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Matt Banahan not a centre but Moody is some player and some pass too

 

[munross]

Bath 17 - Leicester 13 after 46mins

 

[munross]

Score still the same after 57 mins

 

[munross]

Dan Hipkiss scores a try in the 74th minute and Jeremy Staunton converts to make it Bath 17 - Leicester 20

EDIT:
Little converts the penalty kick, 20 all now, 77mins

 

[Sir Speedy]

Good. The less wins the former club of that smug, pompous oaf Stuart Barnes have, the better.

 

[munross]

Full Time:

Bath 20 - Leicester 20

Another drawn game...

 

[Sir Speedy]

****, I hate myself for commenting now.

 

[munstermuffin]

Stiil lets be honest it was good game and exciting. Staunton fluffed a few kicks though

 

[Bullitt]

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Staunton fluffed a few kicks though[/b]

Shock of all horrors

 

[munstermuffin]

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Staunton fluffed a few kicks though[/b]

Shock of all horrors
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1 near end before try was a bad kick lucky for him Patterson topped that off with an even worst kick :lol: :lol: :lol:

 

[mohamed_ali12]

Thought that for Bath Salvi, Grewcock, Bell, Little and Hape all had good games, and Flatman once again showed just how good a scrummager he is and WHY he should be in the England set-up ahead of **** like Payne. Cuthbert did superbly under the high ball but needs to have more of an impact going forward (though i'm sure that will come). Banahan had a good game first half but doesn't seem to know how to go wide, second half he faded. Claassens dictated things well and Jonny F is definately improving.

We certainly looked back to our old selves - outperforming the opposition for 60 mins but coming unstuck in the last twenty. Still, plenty of positives.

For Leicester, Moody was back to his old self and Allen should have been sent off. Grindall and Staunton were poor. They're not playing well, but they're winning.

 

[WillBrowne]

Staunton could have won the game for leicester but he fluffed it up.

Good to see bath improving, but still along way to go for us.