Leicester 22 - 20 Bath

Full time

18 Oct 2025

English Premiership

Stage: Regular Season Round 4

Mattioli Woods Welford Road Stadium

Leicester vs Bath head to head

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Leicester Tigers narrowly defeated Bath Rugby 22-20 in a thrilling Premiership encounter. The match began with Bath's Dan Frost scoring an early try, quickly followed by Olly Cracknell's response for Leicester. Bath surged ahead with tries from Sam Underhill and Cameron Redpath, with Finn Russell converting both. Leicester's Tommy Reffell and Nicky Smith scored tries to keep the game competitive, with James O'Connor successfully converting both. In the second half, Nicky Smith's try leveled the score momentarily, before O'Connor's conversion put Leicester ahead. Bath struggled to capitalize on their opportunities, including a late penalty by Russell that fell short. A yellow card for Bath's Thomas du Toit in the closing moments allowed Leicester to secure the win, marking a notable turnaround from their previous losses to Bath.

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Weather

Temperature: 14.0°C (Feels like 9.4°C) Condition: Cloudy Wind: 17.5 km/h, gusting to 31.6 km/h Humidity: 68% Cloud Cover: 99%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
2'

Try

Dan Frost · Bath

0 - 5
7'

Try

Olly Cracknell · Leicester

5 - 5
8'

Conversion

James O'Connor · Leicester

7 - 5
12'

Try

Sam Underhill · Bath

7 - 10
24'

Try

Cameron Redpath · Bath

7 - 15
25'

Conversion

Finn Russell · Bath

7 - 17
36'

Try

Tommy Reffell · Leicester

12 - 17
40'

Substitution

Emeka Ilione on for Tommy Reffell · Leicester
Halftime 12 - 17
Second Half
42'

Substitution

Tom Dunn on for Dan Frost · Bath
43'

Try

Nicky Smith · Leicester

17 - 17
44'

Conversion

James O'Connor · Leicester

19 - 17
47'

Substitution

Charlie Clare on for Jamie Blamire · Leicester
51'

Substitution

Francois van Wyk on for Beno Obano · Bath
51'

Substitution

Thomas du Toit on for Will Stuart · Bath
51'

Substitution

Ewan Richards on for Quinn Roux · Bath
60'

Substitution

Arthur Green on for Alfie Barbeary · Bath
60'

Substitution

Will Butt on for Louie Hennessey · Bath
61'

Substitution

Will Hurd on for Joe Heyes · Leicester
67'

Substitution

Ollie Allan on for Tom Whiteley · Leicester
68'

Substitution

Miles Reid on for Ethan Staddon · Bath
68'

Substitution

Billy Searle on for James O'Connor · Leicester
71'

Penalty

Finn Russell · Bath

19 - 20
76'

Substitution

Will Wand on for Solomone Kata · Leicester
80'

Yellow Card

Thomas du Toit · Bath
81'

Penalty

Billy Searle · Leicester

22 - 20
Fulltime 22 - 20

Player ratings

Leicester

15 Freddie Steward 6.5
14 Adam Radwan 7.2
13 Solomone Kata 6.4
12 Joseph Woodward 6.6
11 Ollie Hassell-Collins 8.3
10 James O'Connor 7.1
9 Tom Whiteley 6.4
1 Nicky Smith 5.8
2 Jamie Blamire 6.4
3 Joe Heyes 6.7
4 Cameron Henderson 6.7
5 Ollie Chessum 6.3
6 Hanro Liebenberg 7.3
7 Tommy Reffell 7.1
8 Olly Cracknell 8.6
16 Charlie Clare 6.9
17 Ale Loman –
18 Will Hurd 6.3
19 Harry Wells –
20 Emeka Ilione 6.7
21 Ollie Allan 6.4
22 Billy Searle 6.7
23 Will Wand –

Bath

15 Santiago Carreras 6.5
14 Tom de Glanville 5.5
13 Louie Hennessey 6.1
12 Cameron Redpath 6.8
11 Henry Arundell 7.6
10 Finn Russell 5.9
9 Ben Spencer 5.6
1 Beno Obano 6.2
2 Dan Frost 6.9
3 Will Stuart 5.8
4 Quinn Roux 6.7
5 Ross Molony 6.2
6 Ethan Staddon 6.3
7 Sam Underhill 7.5
8 Alfie Barbeary 7.3
16 Tom Dunn 6.8
17 Francois van Wyk 6.2
18 Thomas du Toit 4.4
19 Ewan Richards 5.8
20 Miles Reid 5.7
21 Tom Carr-Smith –
22 Will Butt 5.9
23 Arthur Green 5.8