Du Toit scores as Bath thrash Edinburgh
MATCH REPORT: Bath finished top of Pool 2 in the Champions Cup with a ruthless 63-10 victory over Edinburgh.
Edinburgh went in front with an early penalty from Ross Thompson, but Bath soon took control of the game when Thomas du Toit powered over the line and Finn Russell added the extras before the hosts extended their lead further with a penalty try.
Beno Obano then went over with Russell converting, and although Piers O’Conor scored Edinburgh’s first try of the game after finishing a well-worked team move, which Thompson converted, Tom Dunn grounded to bag the bonus point for Bath.
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Russell kicked another successful conversion to hand the hosts a 28-10 lead at the break, and Joe Cokanasiga added to their advantage in the 56th minute after charging down the right wing before cutting in to cross.
Ben Spencer touched down only four minutes later, and a miserable evening for Edinburgh continued as Henry Arundell went over.
Bath continued their ruthless display in the final 10 minutes as Cokanasiga bagged his second try of the game and Max Ojomoh crossed, with Russell converting both to complete a perfect night from the tee and a dominant Bath performance.
Scorers
For Bath:
Tries: Du Toit, Obano, Dunn, Cokanasiga 2, Spencer, Arundell, Ojomoh, Penalty try does not require a conversion
Cons: Russell: 8
For Edinburgh:
Try: O’Conor
Con: Thompson
Pen: Thompson
Teams
Bath: 15 Tom de Glanville, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 12 Max Ojomoh, 11 Henry Arundell, 10 Finn Russell,9 Ben Spencer (captain), 8 Alfie Barbeary, 7 Sam Underhill, 6 Guy Pepper, 5 Ross Molony, 4 Quinn Roux, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Tom Dunn, 1 Beno Obano
Replacements: 16 Dan Frost, 17 Francois van Wyk, 18 Archie Griffin, 19 Ted Hill, 20 Miles Reid, 21 Tom Carr-Smith, 22 Santi Carreras, 23 Cameron Redpath
Edinburgh: 15 Harry Paterson, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Piers O’Conor, 12 James Lang, 11 Malelili Satala, 10 Ross Thompson, 9 Ben Vellacott (captain), 8 Ben Muncaster, 7 Freddy Douglas, 6 Tom Dodd, 5 Glen Young, 4 Callum Hunter-Hill, 3 Ollie Blyth-Lafferty, 2 Ewan Ashman, 1 James Whitcombe
Replacements: 16 Harri Morris, 17 Mikey Jones, 18 Paul Hill, 19 Euan McVie, 20 Connor Boyle, 21 Charlie Shiel, 22 Ben Healy, 23 Jack Brown
Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)
Assistant referees: Franco Rosella (Italy), Luca Bisetto (Italy)
TMO: Tual Trainini (France)
