
Bath swept to the top of the Premiership as they ended Saracens' 100 percent league record this season with a 21-11 victory at the Recreation Ground on Friday.
Tries by Jonathan Joseph and Kyle Eastmond were the driving force behind Bath's first win over Saracens since 2010.
Bath fly-half George Ford kicked three penalties and a conversion, and also missed five shots at goal, while the visitors could only muster a Chris Wyles try, plus a penalty apiece from Charlie Hodgson and Alex Goode.
It was a major statement of intent by Bath, coming just a fortnight after they thumped Leicester 45-0, and the win was once again based around exuberant attacking talent that prospered from a powerful scrum anchored by props Paul James and David Wilson.
Bath were the dominant force for much of the match and but for some last-ditch tackling, Saracens could have been on the wrong end of a heavier defeat.
Saracens struggled at times to cope with the sheer pace and accuracy of Bath's handling game, and although they never once took a backward step, the visitors never seriously threatened to post a sixth successive Recreation Ground win in front of a record 13,300 home crowd.
Source: AFP
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