• Gloucester 29-15 Bath• Victors move to third in Premiership
Gloucester crowds were for years treated to bruising encounters usually decided by the uncompromising home forwards and the boot of an accurate goal-kicker, but they came from behind to win on Saturday defeat their rivals by using their heads as they moved to third in the table, level on points with Northampton.
Bath dominated the game in terms of territory and possession for the first hour, but their array of training-ground moves made little impact on the meanest defence in the Premiership and, unlike their opponents, they were unable to live off their wits. They looked like a side that needed a few days away from the parade ground.