Ten-try Bath thrash 14-man Saracens for record win

Gallagher Premiership

Bath (28) 68

Tries: Penalty, Du Toit, Redpath, Muir 3, Cokanasiga 2, Underhill, Lawrence Cons: Russell 8

Saracens (3) 10

Try: Pifeleti Con: Burke Pen: Burke

Bath opened a five-point spread astatine the apical of the Premiership with a crushing 10-try triumph against 14-man Saracens astatine the Recreation Ground.

The hosts were awarded an aboriginal punishment try, earlier Sarries saw flanker Toby Knight sent disconnected for a precocious tackle connected 14 minutes and gradually crumbled.

Will Muir past scored a hat-trick, alongside 2 from Joe Cokanasiga, arsenic Bath did not relent to clinch a grounds Premiership triumph against Saracens.

Thomas du Toit, Cameron Redpath, Sam Underhill and Ollie Lawrence besides got connected the scoreboard for Bath, arsenic they contained Saracens to conscionable 1 effort from Kapeli Pifeleti.

More to follow.

Bath: De Glanville; Cokanasiga, Lawrence, Redpath, Muir; Russell, Spencer (c); Obano, Dunn, Du Toit, Roux, Ewels, Hill, Pepper, Barbeary.

Replacements: Annett, Van Wyk, Stuart, Molony, Underhill, Schreuder, Ojomoh, Reid.

Saracens: Williams; Elliott, Lozowski, Hartley, Segun; Burke, Simpson; Brantingham, Dan, Balmain, Itoje (c), Isiekwe, McFarland, Knight, Earl.

Replacements: Pifeleti, Mawi, Clarey, Wilson, Michelow, Van Zyl, Spink, Hall.

Sin bin: Liam Williams (4 mins)

Red card: Toby Knight (14 mins)

Referee: Karl Dickson