Bath 43-12: Bath beat Saints to earn home play-off semi-final

Bath run in six tries as they beat leaders Northampton 43-12 to finish second in the Premiership table and earn a home semi-final.

Bath secured a home tie in the Premiership play-offs with a dominant victory over much-changed leaders Northampton at the Recreation Ground.

Alfie Barbeary and Spencer took the try-count to six as Bath sealed second place in the table, level on 60 points with Saints, who grabbed a late consolation through Tom Seabrook and finished top for the first time since 2015 despite their sixth defeat of the campaign. England internationals Alex Mitchell, Tommy Freeman, Fin Smith, Fraser Dingwall George Furbank and Courtney Lawes were among those given the day off, a calculated gamble which did not pay off as they conceded two tries inside the first 15 minutes.

And Finn Russell's penalty put Bath 17-0 ahead before the visitors managed to mount some concerted pressure.England head coach Steve Borthwick was in the crowd at The Rec

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