• Gloucester 29-15 Bath• Victors move to third in PremiershipCrowds here for years were treated to bruising encounters usually decided by uncompromising home forwards and the boot of an accurate goal-kicker, but Gloucester’s metamorphosis in the professional era has enabled them to win matches even when they are pushed around. They came from behind to defeat their west country rivals by using their heads and moved to third in the table.
Bath dominated 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.