Leicester head coach Dan McKellar was delighted with his team’s performance as they beat Bath late on.
He said: “We were excellent from minute one. It was a day we didn’t really want the ball, so it was tough for the half backs as they touch the ball the most. Across the board the youngsters were brilliant, in particular Tommy Refell on his first game back and Charlie Clare in both attack and defence.”

Bath head of rugby Johann van Grann was disappointed to have lost their unbeaten record.

He said: “It all came down to one point. We led with one minute to go, dropped the ball from the kick...