- Bath 16-14 Gloucester
- Both teams have a man sent off for high challenges
A feisty West Country derby featuring two red cards ended in a breathless victory for 13-man Bath and relief for the watching Wales head coach Wayne Pivac before next week’s Wales v England showdown in Cardiff. Both Taulupe Faletau and Louis Rees-Zammit made it safely through unscathed in a contest fundamentally shaped by the dismissals of Val Rapava-Ruskin and Mike Williams for high challenges.
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Written by Robert Kitson at the Recreation Ground
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/feb/19/rhys-priestland-holds-nerve-to-kick-bath-to-late-win-over-local-rivals-gloucester under the title “Rhys Priestland holds nerve to kick Bath to late win over local rivals Gloucester”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
