Blackadder seethes as Bath give it away

TODD BLACKADDER slammed his Bath team after Owen Williams’s 88th-minute conversion sealed a dramatic victory. Ed Slater scored the try to put Gloucester within one point, stretching for the line from close range, which was confirmed after the TMO had watched three minutes of replays. Bath had kicked out rather than wind down the clock by going through the phases with a minute left, which left director of rugby Blackadder angry. ‘That was the old Bath where we don’t fight, we don’t turn up and we don’t do the little things that give you the best chance to win games,’ he said. The win was Gloucester’s first away from home in the league since March. Bath led on three separate occasions and Semesa Rokoduguni scored his sixth and seventh tries of the season to put him top of the Premiership scoring charts with Jonny May. Rhys Priestland hit three penalties and a conversion but missed eight points from the tee. Willi Heinz gave Gloucester an early lead after a fine burst from Henry Trinder, and when he scored again in the second half the Cherry and Whites led by four. Rokoduguni restored the home side’s lead with four minutes left but Slater pulled the plug on Bath.