Bath pile more misery on Welsh
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Semesa Rokoduguni and Jonathan Joseph helped themselves to try doubles as Bath Rugby made it two wins from two this Premiership Rugby season with a 53-26 victory over London Welsh at The Rec.
Bath once again got off to a fast start as Chris Cook touched down moments after kick-off, and further tries from Leroy Houston, Carl Fearns and one in each half for both Rokoduguni and Joseph saw Bath pick up all five points as their ran in seven tries in their first home game of the campaign.
However London Welsh gave a good account of themselves and not only put points on the scoreboard for the first time this season but also pick up their first point of the campaign as Peter Browne, Seb Stegmann, Seb Jewell and Lachlan McCaffrey all crossed the whitewash.
Meanwhile, Jonny May inspired a second-half comeback as Gloucester Rugby saw off Sale Sharks 34-27 at Kingsholm to collect their first win of the Premiership Rugby campaign.
Tom Arscott got Sale off to a flyer before an on-song Danny Cipriani had a hand in laying on further tries for Chris Cusiter and Luke McLean.
Greig Laidlaw's boot kept Gloucester in touch before May touched down to draw them level and then set up Cook to put the Cherry & Whites ahead for the first time.
A penalty try secured the result and while a bonus points proved elusive for Gloucester, Cipriani grabbed one for Sale with the visitors' fourth try.
Additionally, Leicester Tigers came from behind to defeat Exeter Chiefs 24-20 at Sandy Park, England scrum-half Ben Youngs scoring the winner.
The Chiefs dominated for large parts, but the Tigers kept their cool to record their second victory of the season.
Exeter dominated early on, and capitalised on the sin binning of Vereniki Goneva to take the lead.
Dave Ewers' stretched out to score despite the attention of several Tigers' defenders.
The lead was no less then they deserved, but the home side allowed Leicester to get back into the game.
All the scores and scorers:
Bath 53-26 London Welsh
For Bath:
Tries: Cook, Rokoduguni 2, Joseph 2, Houston, Fearns
Cons: Ford 6
Pens: Ford 2
For London Welsh:
Tries: Browne, Stegmann, Jewell, McCaffrey
Cons: Barkley 3
Bath:15 Luke Arscott, 14 Semesa Rokoduguni, 13 Jonathan Joseph, 12 Kyle Eastmond, 11 Anthony Watson, 10 George Ford, 9 Chris Cook, 8 Leroy Houston, 7 Guy Mercer, 6 Carl Fearns, 5 Dave Attwood, 4 Stuart Hooper (captain), 3 David Wilson, 2 Rob Webber, 1 Paul James.
Replacements: 16 Tom Dunn, 17 Nick Auterac, 18 Henry Thomas, 19 Dominic Day, 20 Alafoti Fa'osiliva, 21 Peter Stringer, 22 Ollie Devoto, 23 Matt Banahan
London Welsh: 15 Seb Jewell, 14 Seb Stegmann, 13 Nic Reynolds, 12 Tim Molenaar, 11 Nick Scott, 10 Olly Barkley (captain), 9 Piri Weepu, 8. Ollie Stedman, 7. Richard Thorpe, 6. Lachlan McCaffrey, 5. James Down, 4. Pete Browne, 3. Taione Vea, 2. Nathan Morris, 1. Ricky Reeves.
Replacements: 16 Nathan Vella, 17 Shane Cahill, 18 Jack Gilding, 19 Matt Corker, 20 Ben Pienaar, 21 Rob Lewis, 22 Tristan Roberts, 23 Tom May.
Gloucester 34-27 Sale Sharks
For Gloucester:
Tries: May, Cook, Penalty Try
Cons: Laidlaw 2
Pens: Laidlaw 5
For Sale:
Tries: Arscott, Cusiter, McLean, Cipriani
Cons: Cipriani 2
Pen: Cipriani
Gloucester: 15 Rob Cook, 14 Charlie Sharples, 13 Henry Trinder, 12 Billy Twelvetrees (c), 11 Jonny May, 10 James Hook, 9 Greig Laidlaw, 8 Ben Morgan, 7 Jacob Rowan, 6 Sione Kalamafoni, 5 James Hudson, 4 Tom Savage, 3 John Afoa, 2 Richard Hibbard, 1 Dan Murphy.
Replacements: 16 Darren Dawidiuk, 17 Yann Thomas, 18 Sila Puafisi, 19 Tom Palmer, 20 Ross Moriarty, 21 Dan Robson, 22 Mark Atkinson, 23 Steve McColl.
Sale Sharks: 15 Luke Mclean, 14 Tom Brady, 13 Will Addison, 12 Mark Jennings, 11 Tom Arscott,10 Danny Cipriani, 9 Chris Cusiter, 8 Mark Easter, 7 David Seymour (c), 6 Michael Paterson, 5 Jonathan Mills, 4 Nathan Hines, 3 Vadim Cobilas, 2 Marc Jones, 1 Ross Harrison
Replacements: 16 Shalva Mamukashvili, 17 Alberto de Marchi, 18 Eifion Lewis Roberts, 19 Andrei Ostrikov, 20 Magnus Lund, 21 Will Cliff, 22 Joe Ford, 23 Andy Forsyth
Leicester Tigers 24-20 Exeter Chiefs
For Exeter:
Tries: Ewers, Thomas
Cons: Steenson 2
Pens: Steenson 2
For Leicester:
Tries: Allen, B.Youngs
Con: Burns
Pens: Burns 3, Williams
Exeter: 15 Chrysander Botha, 14 Ian Whitten, 13 Henry Slade, 12 Sam Hill, 11 Matt Jess, 10 Gareth Steenson, 9 Haydn Thomas, 8 Thomas Waldrom, 7 Ben White, 6 Dave Ewers, 5 Ryan Caldwell, 4 Mitch Lees, 3 Tomas Francis, 2 Jack Yeandle (capt), 1 Carl Rimmer.
Replacements: 16 Elvis Taione, 17 Ben Moon, 18 Moray Low, 19 Damian Welch, 20 Kai Horstmann, 21 Will Chudley, 22 Ceri Sweeney, 23 Jack Arnott.
Leicester: 15 Mathew Tait, 14 Niall Morris, 13 Manusamoa Tuilagi, 12 Anthony Allen, 11 Vereniki Goneva, 10 Freddie Burns, 9 Ben Youngs (c), 8 Robert Barbieri, 7 Julian Salvi, 6 Jamie Gibson, 5 Geoff Parling, 4 Graham Kitchener, 3 Fraser Balmain, 2 Tom Youngs, 1 Logovi'i Mulipola.
Replacements: 16 Leonardo Ghiraldini, 17 Riccardo Brugnara, 18 Tiziano Pasquali, 19 Sebastian De Chaves, 20 Jordan Crane, 21 David Mele, 22 Owen Williams, 23 Matt Smith.
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