• Home side move up to fourth in Premiership table
Two weeks after Bath’s opening home match of the season had ended in a draw when they conceded a late try and conversion, they again faced the prospect of throwing away victory at the climax when failure to clear their line allowed Tom Collins to plunder a try that presented Dan Biggar with the opportunity to level the scores.
It had been Biggar’s sort of match, incessant rain washing away skills, breeding mistakes and firing resolution. It was the Wales fly-half’s penalty seven minutes from the end that revived Northampton after they had looked spent at 17-7 down and he was involved in the move that ended with Collins scoring after Elliott Stooke looked to have secured victory for Bath by stealing a Saints lineout five metres from his line.
Written by Paul Rees at the Recreation Ground
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/sep/22/bath-northampton-premiership-rugby-report under the title “Bath hang on for first home win as Saints’ Dan Biggar misses final kick”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
