Bath run riot against Edinburgh but Champions Cup credibility takes another hit

Bath learned their lesson. Kick to the corner, maul, pick and go before Dunn barrelled over for the bonus-point try.

The game was effectively sealed but Edinburgh were at least more game at the start of the second half. They may have even dared to think that they had got a handle on the Bath set-piece. At which point, Bath simply turned to their forward masquerading as back in Cokanasiga. Ojomoh’s fizzing pass was on the money but the wing looked well covered on the touchline only to blast through three powderpuff tackles to score.

The same combination instantly combined again, this time Ojomoh pulled the ball back to Cokanasiga cutting a devastating line. The wing could easily have scored himself but unselfishly obeyed his captain Spencer’s instruction to pass inside. By now Edinburgh were waving the white flag as Arundell, Cokanasiga and Ojomoh each finished well to put an exclamation point on an emphatic performance.

Match details

Scoring sequence: 0-3 Thompson pen, 5-3 Du Toit try, 7-3 Russell con, 14-3 pen try, 19-3 Obano try, 21-3 Russell con, 21-8 O’Conor try, 21-10 Thompson con, 26-10 Dunn try, 28-10 Russell con, 33-10 Cokanasiga try, 35-10 Russell con, 40-10 Spencer try  42-10,Russell con, 47-10 Arundell try, 49-10 Russell con, 54-10 Cokanasiga try, 56-10 Russell con, 61-10 Ojomoh try, 63-10 Russell con.

Bath: T De Glanville (S Carreas 54); J Cokanasiga, M Ojomoh, O Lawrence (C Redpath 64), H Arundell; F Russell, B Spencer (T Carr-Smith 64); B Obano (F Van Wyk 64), T Dunn (D Frost 64), T Du Toit (A Griffin 64), Q Roux, R Molony (T Hill 64), G Pepper, S Underhill (M Reid 64), A Barbeary.

Edinburgh: H Paterson, D Graham, P O’Conor, J Lang, M Satala, R Thompson (B Healy 62), B Vellacott (C Shiel 53); J Whitcombe (M Jones 72), E Ashman (H Morris 25), O Blyth-Lafferty (P Hill 54), C Hunter-Hill (E McVie 74), G Young, T Dodd, F Douglas (C Boyle 62), B Muncaster.

Referee: G Gnecchi.