In a back-and-forth battle at The Rec, Bath Rugby cruised in the second half past Gloucester Rugby to secure their place in an EPCR Challenge semi-final with a 61-26 victory.
In a back-and-forth battle at The Rec, the hosts headed into the changing rooms ahead thanks to tries from Tom de Glanville, Tom Dunn, Archie Griffin, Ben Spencer and Alfie Barbeary.
The hosts struck quickest with De Glanville slicing through under the posts just three minutes in, but it only took another three minutes for Gloucester to respond with a lovely cross-field from Gareth Anscombe for Santi Carreras to touch down against his future teammates.
Two front rowers then went over for Bath in Dunn and Griffin, but, not to be outdone by his counterparts, Jack Singleton powered through to keep the visitors in it.
Spencer and Barbeary added two more for Bath, with Jacob Morris getting one back for Gloucester in a tit-for-tat, 52-point first half.
Bath led 33-19 at the halftime break. Bath added four tries to the single one scored by Gloucester to cruise into an EPCR Challenge Cup semi-final against Edinburgh.
Scorers:
Bath Rugby: Tries: Tom de Glanville, Tom Dunn, Archie Griffin, Ben Spencer, Alfie Barbeary (2), Jaco Coetzee, Ted Hill, Tom Carr-Smith. Conversions: Finn Russell (8).
Gloucester Rugby: Tries: Santiago Carreras, Jack Singleton, Jacob Morris, Lewis Ludlow. Conversions: Santiago Carreras (3).
Teams
Bath Rugby: 15 Ciaran Donoghue, 14 Tom de Glanville, 13 Cameron Redpath, 12 Will Butt, 11 Will Muir, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ben Spencer (c), 8 Alfie Barbeary, 7 Ethan Staddon, 6 Ted Hill, 5 Ross Molony, 4 Quinn Roux, 3 Archie Griffin, 2 Tom Dunn, 1 Beno Obano. Replacements: 16 Niall Annett, 17 Francois van Wyk, 18 Thomas du Toit, 19 Josh Bayliss, 20 Miles Reid, 21 Tom Carr-Smith, 22 Max Ojomoh, 23 Jaco Coetzee
Gloucester Rugby: 15 Santi Carreras, 14 Christian Wade, 13 Chris Harris (c), 12 Will Butler, 11 Jake Morris, 10 Gareth Anscombe, 9 Caolan Englefield, 8 Ruan Ackermann, 7 Harry Taylor, 6 Deian Gwynne, 5 Cam Jordan, 4 Freddie Clarke, 3 Kirill Gotovtsev, 2 Jack Singleton, 1 Ciaran Knight. Replacements: 16 Seb Blake, 17 Val Rapava Ruskin, 18 Afo Fasogbon, 19 Freddie Clarke, 20 Lewis Ludlow, 21 Jack Clement, 22 Tomos Williams, 23 Charlie Atkinson.
