17/05/2025 21:00
- Bath 43-15 Leicester
- Tom Dunn scores try in 184th Premiership match for Bath
It could yet be that these two teams will meet again in this season's Premiership final at Twickenham. If so Leicester will have to look for some different solutions. This meeting of the leagues's top two was compared to a "heavyweight boxing clash" by Bath's head of rugby, Johann Van Graan, and even the ability of Leicester's defence to soak up a ton of punishment was not enough in the end.
Bath emerged victorious on a glorious early summer evening, helped by a memorable try for Tom Dunn, setting a new club record for the most Premiership appearances – 184 – in the famous blue, black and white striped jersey. If the one-handed offload from Finn Russell was not eye-catching enough, the hooker's extravagant dummy and subsequent 20-metre sprint to the line were real collector's items.
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