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Bath Stun Northampton With 43-41 Comeback to Reach Champions Cup Semi-finals

The comeback puts Bath into their first Champions Cup semi-final in 20 years.

Overview

  • Bath Rugby, which erased a 21-point deficit Friday, beat Northampton 43-41 in an Investec Champions Cup quarter-final at the Rec.
  • Northampton blitzed the opening half-hour with five tries to surge 35-14 ahead and looked in full control.
  • Bath's replacements lifted the tempo in the second half as the hosts outmuscled Saints and limited them to two Fin Smith penalties.
  • A late yellow card to No 8 Henry Pollock opened the door for replacement Ted Hill to score, and Finn Russell added the decisive conversion.
  • Bath advance to face Bordeaux Bègles or Toulouse in the semi-finals, with the opponent to be decided in the remaining French quarter-final.