Lamb and Irish slaughter Bath
London Irish recorded a fairly comfortable 16-0 over Bath at the Recreation Ground On Saturday with flyhalf Ryan Lamb scoring all of his sides points.
The visitors led 10-0 at the break thanks to a Lamb try, conversion and penalty combo, while Bath just could not break down the Exiles defence.
Lamb, a former Gloucester player, missed his first penalty attempt but made amends with his try after 12 minutes of play. He extended their lead with a penalty after 24 minutes while Bath just had no answers and struggled to produce any points scoring opportunities in front of their home fans.
Steve Meehan tried to inspire his side by introducing creative Fijian Nicky Little but it was just not going to be Bath’s day.
Lamb added a penalty on 53 minutes before completing his points scoring set with a Drop Goal on 67 minutes.
The win is a big bonus for the Exiles after a disappointing defeat last weekend while Bath, having seemingly turned the corner in recent weeks, will be searching for answers after a bad evening at the Rec.
The Scorers
For Bath
None
For London Irish
Try: Lamb
Pen: Lamb
Cons: Lamb
GD: Lamb
The Teams
Bath: 15 Nick Abendanon, 14 Jack Cuthbert, 13 Matt Carraro, 12 Shontayne Hape, 11 Matt Banahan, 10 Ryan Davis, 9 Michael Claassens (captain), 8 Luke Watson, 7 Julian Salvi, 6 Ben Skirving, 5 Danny Grewcock, 4 Stuart Hooper, 3 David Wilson, 2 Lee Mears, 1 David Flatman.
Replacements: 16 Pieter Dixon, 17 Nathan Catt, 18 Duncan Bell, 19 Peter Short, 20 Daniel Browne, 21 Scott Bemand, 22 Nicky Little, 23 Michael Stephenson.
London Irish: 15 Jamie Lennard, 14 Peter Hewat, 13 Elvis Seveali’i, 12 Mike Catt, 11 John Rudd, 10 Ryan Lamb, 9 Peter Richards, 8 Chris Hala’Ufia, 7 Steffon Armitage, 6 Richard Thorpe, 5 Bob Casey (captain), 4 Nick Kennedy, 3 Alex Corbisiero, 2 David Paice, 1 Clarke Dermody.
Replacements: 16 Danie Coetzee, 17 Dan Murphy, 18 Max Lahiff, 19 Kieran Roche, 20 Jonathon Fisher, 21 Marcus Watson, 22 Paul Hodgson, 23 Chris Malone.
Referee: Dean Richards
Assistant referees: Peter Huckle, Paul Dix
TMO: Laurie Bryant, Alan Hughes
