Aviva Premiership Round 5 Round - Up

Bath Rugby 21 – 11 Saracens

Bath showed the rest of the Premiership this is the team to beat by ending Saracens unbeaten start to the season.

Jonathan Joseph and Kyle Eastmond both crossed the try line but it was a mixed day for Geroge Ford as he scored 11 points, but missed 5 kicks while Chris Wyles scored the only try for Sarries in the Friday Night Game.

The performances from Joseph and Eastmond were so good, don’t be surprised to see their partnership take force for England’s Autumn Internationals.

At the end of the game Bath head coach Mike Ford was delighted by how his team played “Our defence was awesome and kept knocking them back and back. It’s always testing to have ball in hand against Saracens as they put pressure on you, but even then we fired a few shots and scored a couple of tries.”

Scorers

Bath Rugby

Tries: Joseph, Eastmond

Conversions: Ford

Penalties: Ford (3)

Saracens

Tries: Wyles

Penalties: Hodgson, Goode

Harlequins 52 – 0 London Welsh

It was another hammering for London Welsh as Harlequins run over sevens tries at the Stoop.

Tries from Mike Brown, Danny Care, Matt Hooper, Penalty, Karl Dickson and two from winger Marland Yarde while fly – half Nick Evans firmly had his kicking boots on scoring all seven conversions and a penalty.

It was more of a training game for Quins to help with their fitness because Welsh were that poor and after five games the Exiles have conceded 249 points since returning to the Premiership.

An angry Conor O’Shea said after the game “We haven’t started the season well, but to write us off after four games is pretty insulting. I don’t care about the results, we have to be willing to fight.

“We’ve got a lot of guys who like a fight and like a challenge” added the Harlequins director of rugby.

Scorers

Harlequins

Tries: Yarde (2), Brown, Care, Hooper, Penalty, Dickson.

Conversions: Evans (7)

Penalties: Evans

Gloucester Rugby 33 – 16 Leicester Tigers

Leicester have now lost their third game in a row as Gloucester new signings showed their strength  in front of the Kingsholm faithful.

Nick Wood, Charlie Sharples and Jonny May’s first half tries were enough for the Cherry and Whites, but they should have secured the bonus point if only Dan Robson and Sharples communicated better.

It wasn’t a great return for fly – half Freddie Burns as the visitors could only reply with David Mele try at the end of the match with Owen Williams scoring 11 points.

Tigers head boss Richard Cockrill swatted away suggestions his training regime is contributing to his side’s crippling injury list saying “The lads probably play too much rugby at the top end, but training bit I would like to nip I the bud.

“I have had some pretty average accusations pointed at how Leicester trains. We’ve got a really good strength and conditioning team and we monitor everything with GPS.”

Scorers

Gloucester Rugby

Tries: Wood, Sharples, May

Conversions: Laidlaw (3)

Penalties: Laidlaw (4)

Leicester Tigers

Tries: Mele

Conversions: Williams

Penalties: Williams (3)

London Irish 12 – 19 Northampton Saints

It was another tight defeat for London Irish as a Luther Burrell was the difference for Northampton who went home with a win.

Burrell got the only try for the Saints at the end of the first half while Stephen Myler added 14 points, but in a boring game Irish will be happy with a losing bonus point to the champions as in form Shane Geraghty scored all of the Exiles points.

London Irish director of rugby Brian Smith admits running the champions close was no disaster “They are the best team in England at the moment, week on week we are earning the respect of our opponents so I think that’s phase one of us at the moment” added Smith.

Scorers

London Irish

Penalties: Geraghty (4)

Northampton Saints

Tries: Burrell

Conversions: Myler

Penalties: Myler (4)

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Newcastle Falcons 29 – 24 Exeter Chiefs

Newcastle recorded their first victory in 21 Premiership games, beating in form Exeter at Kingston Park in the final game of the weekend.

In the most exciting games of the whole round with the lead changing eight times Falcons showed some steal and determination and tries from Sinoti Sinoti, Tom Catterick and Noah Cato plus 14 points from the boot of Juan Pablo Socino.

While his fellow fly – half Gareth Steenson had a poor day with the boot only able to collect 9 points and tries from Tom Waldrom, Ben White and Henry Slade went enough as the Chiefs went down to their second defeat this season.

Falcons director of rugby Dean Richards said his side fully deserved the victory “I’m delighted for the players that we won and I thought we deserved it against an outstanding Exeter side.

“We’ve been playing a really good brand of rugby all year a more expansive game with a view to scoring more tries” added Richards.

Scorers

Newcastle Falcons

Tries: Sinoti, Catterick, Cato

Conversions: Socino
Penalties: Socino (4)

Exeter Chiefs

Tries: Waldrom, White, Slade

Penalties: Steenson (3)