| Bath (8) 25 |
| Tries: Cokanasiga 2, Stooke, Reid Cons:Russell Pens: Russell |
| Harlequins (5) 17 |
| Tries: Smith, Walker, Chisholm Cons: Smith |
Scotland stand-off Finn Russell edged England counterpart Marcus Smith as Bath went top of the Premiership with a bonus-point win over Harlequins.
Home winger Joe Cokanasiga scored two tries, the first of them after barely a minute, quickly levelled by Smith.
But Russell’s penalty edged Bath ahead at the break, aided by a man advantage from Danny Care’s yellow card.
Elliott Stooke, Cokanasiga and Miles Reid then added second-half scores to secure Bath their key fourth try.
That try bonus point edged them above Sale to be top of the table at Christmas.
Jack Walker and James Chisholm scored second-half tries for Quins, but Smith hit the post with a last-minute conversion attempt that would have earned the visitors a losing bonus point.
More to follow.
Bath: Gallagher; Cokanasiga, Lawrence, Ojomoh, Muir; Russell, Spencer; Obano, Annett, du Toit, Stooke, Ewels, van Velze, Reid, Barbeary.
Replacements: Dunn, Schoeman, Stuart, Roux, Coetzee, Schreuder, Bailey, Redpath.
Harlequins: T Green; David, Joseph, Esterhuizen, Lynagh; Smith, Care; Marler, Walker, Collier, Launchbury, Lewies, Cunningham-South, Chisholm, Dombrandt.
Replacements: Riley, Baxter, Lewis, Herbst, Hammond, W Evans, Porter, Beard.
Sin-bin: Care (33)
Referee: Luke Pearce.
