Bath 40 - 13 Sale

Full time

26 Oct 2024

Stage: Regular Season Round 6

Recreation Ground

Bath Rugby delivered an impressive performance, defeating Sale Sharks 40-13 at the Recreation Ground. Will Muir opened the scoring with an early try, quickly followed by successful conversions from Finn Russell. Bath continued their dominance with tries from Miles Reid and Thomas du Toit, with Russell converting each to extend the lead. Sale managed to respond with a penalty from Robert du Preez, but Bath's Ted Hill scored again just after halftime. Despite being reduced to 14 men when Will Butt received a red card, Bath maintained control and added a try from Tom Carr-Smith. Sale's Will Addison crossed for a consolation try, but Bath's Francois van Wyk capped off the match with a final try. Finn Russell's accurate kicking and Bath's relentless attack were key to their convincing victory.

Weather

Temperature: 16.2°C (Feels like 15.8°C) Condition: PartlyCloudy Wind: 9.7 km/h, gusting to 18.8 km/h Humidity: 68% Cloud Cover: 52%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
1'

Try

Will Muir · Bath

5 - 0
2'

Conversion

Finn Russell · Bath

7 - 0
12'

Penalty

Robert du Preez · Sale

7 - 3
18'

Try

Miles Reid · Bath

12 - 3
19'

Conversion

Finn Russell · Bath

14 - 3
23'

Penalty

Robert du Preez · Sale

14 - 6
23'

Substitution

Jean-Luc du Preez on for Ernst van Rhyn · Sale
26'

Try

Thomas du Toit · Bath

19 - 6
27'

Conversion

Finn Russell · Bath

21 - 6
30'

Substitution

Asher Opoku-Fordjour on for James Harper · Sale
39'

Substitution

Orlando Bailey on for Tom de Glanville · Bath
40'

Substitution

Josh Beaumont on for Hyron Andrews · Sale
40'

Substitution

Tom de Glanville on for Orlando Bailey · Bath
Halftime 21 - 6
Second Half
45'

Try

Ted Hill · Bath

26 - 6
46'

Conversion

Finn Russell · Bath

28 - 6
48'

Substitution

Ethan Caine on for Tadgh McElroy · Sale
48'

Substitution

Le Roux Roets on for Ben Bamber · Sale
48'

Substitution

Jaco Coetzee on for Guy Pepper · Bath
50'

Red Card

Will Butt · Bath
51'

Substitution

Nye Thomas on for Gus Warr · Sale
52'

Substitution

Tom Curtis on for Sam Bedlow · Sale
54'

Substitution

Francois van Wyk on for Beno Obano · Bath
55'

Try

Will Addison · Sale

28 - 13
55'

Conversion

Robert du Preez · Sale

28 - 8
58'

Substitution

Niall Annett on for Tom Dunn · Bath
58'

Substitution

Josh Bayliss on for Miles Reid · Bath
58'

Substitution

Tom Carr-Smith on for Louis Schreuder · Bath
61'

Red Card

Nye Thomas · Sale
61'

Substitution

Orlando Bailey on for Will Muir · Bath
62'

Try

Tom Carr-Smith · Bath

33 - 13
63'

Conversion

Finn Russell · Bath

35 - 13
67'

Substitution

Tumy Onasanya on for Simon McIntyre · Sale
68'

Substitution

James Harper on for Asher Opoku-Fordjour · Sale
70'

Substitution

Billy Sela on for Thomas du Toit · Bath
70'

Substitution

Ethan Staddon on for Ted Hill · Bath
74'

Substitution

Gus Warr on for Sam Dugdale · Sale
76'

Try

Francois van Wyk · Bath

40 - 13
Fulltime 40 - 13

Player ratings

Bath

15 Tom de Glanville 6.0
14 Joe Cokanasiga 6.1
13 Louie Hennessey 6.6
12 Will Butt 3.7
11 Will Muir 8.1
10 Finn Russell 6.3
9 Louis Schreuder 7.0
1 Beno Obano 6.3
2 Tom Dunn 7.7
3 Thomas du Toit 7.7
4 Quinn Roux 6.9
5 Ross Molony 6.9
6 Ted Hill 8.0
7 Guy Pepper 6.1
8 Miles Reid 7.3
16 Niall Annett 6.7
17 Francois van Wyk 6.7
18 Billy Sela 6.6
19 Josh Bayliss 6.8
20 Ethan Staddon 6.2
21 Tom Carr-Smith 7.3
22 Orlando Bailey 6.7
23 Jaco Coetzee 6.8

Sale

15 Joe Carpenter 7.1
14 Will Addison 6.6
13 Luke James 6.5
12 Sam Bedlow 6.0
11 Arron Reed 6.5
10 Robert du Preez 7.1
9 Gus Warr 5.5
1 Simon McIntyre 6.6
2 Tadgh McElroy 6.0
3 James Harper 5.2
4 Ben Bamber 5.9
5 Hyron Andrews 6.0
6 Ernst van Rhyn 6.1
7 Sam Dugdale 6.8
8 Daniel du Preez 6.4
16 Ethan Caine 6.7
17 Tumy Onasanya 5.9
18 Asher Opoku-Fordjour 6.5
19 Le Roux Roets 6.4
20 Josh Beaumont 6.0
21 Nye Thomas 2.7
22 Tom Curtis 6.0
23 Jean-Luc du Preez 6.8