More late drama as Bath hold on for win to savour

26 25 BATH RUGBY LEICESTER TIGERS T: Attwood, Carraro C: Vesty,Heathcote P: Vesty 2, Heathcote 2 T: Staunton C: Staunton P:Staunton 6 The last time Bath Rugby beat Leicester at The Rec in thePremiership, it required a last-gasp moment of magic from ButchJames.

This time, it required the goal-kicking heroics of another fly-half, 19-year-old Tom Heathcote - and for a late penalty miss by theTigers. There may have been a few artificial attempts to whip up thecrowd at half-time but the only thing needed to send the fans intofull-throated frenzy as this game reached its denouement was therugby.

The skill level or intensity may not have been what it was …