It was an absolutely bizarre weekend of fixtures for the West Country sides, all defeated in away trips with massively inconsistent performances.
Bristol Bears were up first on Friday night, trekking north to Kingston Park where they were beaten by a downtrodden but spirited Newcastle Falcons 30-15 in an uninspiring showing.
Bath travelled to the capital to take on London Irish at the Gtech Community Stadium, producing simultaneously the best and worst 40-minute performances of any of the region's teams this weekend as they were defeated 47-38 in a performance best captured by the phrase "too little, too late".
