Bath Rugby secured a bonus point 40-21 win over ASM Clermont Auvergne in a Round 3 match of the 2024/25 Investec Champions Cup. Bath Rugby led 21-14 at the halftime break, however, a late red card in the first half proved to be costly to ASM Clermont Auvergne
Tom de Glanville opened the scoring with a fluid move for Bath Rugby within two minutes against ASM Clermont Auvergne.
The hosts added a second shortly after with Finn Russell dummying and diving over from a scrum five metres out, before converting his own score to make it 14-00.
Clermont hit back through Folau Fainga'a from close range, but Joe Cokanasiga finished a great move for Bath to extend their lead again.
Anthony Belleau responded for Clermont another before the break despite the French going down to 14 after Giorgi Akhaladze was sent off for a high tackle, leaving it 21-14 at the halftime break.
After ASM Clermont Auvergne lost a man in the first half, Bath Rugby put their foot down with Thomas du Toit powering over twice to secure the bonus point.
Peceli Yato got one back for the French after they scored twice in the first 40, but a slick Bath move put Ollie Lawrence over in the corner to seal a 40-21 win following three first-half tries.
Scorers:
Bath Rugby: Tom de Glanville, Finn Russell, Joe Cokanasiga, Thomas du Toit (2), Ollie Lawrence. Conversions: Finn Russell (5).
ASM Clermont Auvergne: Tries: Folau Fainga'a, Anthony Belleau, Peceli Yato. Conversions: Anthony Belleau (3).
Teams
Bath Rugby: 15 Tom de Glanville, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Max Ojomoh, 11 Ruaridh McConnochie, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Ben Spencer (c), 8 Alfie Barbeary, 7 Miles Reid, 6 Ted Hill, 5 Charlie Ewels, 4 Quinn Roux, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Tom Dunn, 1 Beno Obano. Replacements: 16 Niall Annett, 17 Francois van Wyk, 18 Will Stuart, 19 Ross Molony, 20 Josh Bayliss, 21 Louis Schreuder, 22 Orlando Bailey, 23 Ethan Staddon.
ASM Clermont Auvergne: 15 Alex Newsome, 14 Bautista Delguy, 13 Pierre Fouyssac, 12 Irae Simone, 11 Lucas Tauzin, 10 Anthony Belleau, 9 Baptiste Jauneau, 8 Fritz Lee (c), 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Killian Tixeront, 5 Peceli Yato, 4 Rob Simmons, 3 Regis Montagne, 2 Folau Fainga'a, 1 Giorgi Akhaladze. Replacements: 16 Etienne Fourcade, 17 Sacha Lotrian, 18 Michael Ala'alatoa, 19 Thomas Ceyte, 20 Oskar Rixen, 21 Sebastien Bezy, 22 Theo Giral, 23 Alivereti Raka.