“I really enjoyed the last 20 seconds,” said Neal Hatley, the Bath head coach, after witnessing Tom de Glanville’s late, late try seal a miraculous comeback victory against 14-man Bristol in this pulsating West Country derby.
As Bath hunted the winning score at the death, the hugely impressive young lock Ewan Richards had nearly crashed to the try-line. The Bristol replacement Theo Strang was shown a yellow card for an early tackle after a penalty try had looked a strong possibility. The referee, Luke Pearce, decided against it but Bath capitalised on what had become a two-man advantage to create the necessary space for De Glanville to sprint over and send the crowd into raptures.
