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BBC
James Williams and Siva Naulago crossed either side of half-time for the visitors but despite Piers Francis kicking eight points and Miles Reid crashing over, Francis' missed penalty four minutes from time proved costly. Bath's line-out woes, so evident in last week's defeat by London Irish, returned to haunt them in the frenetic early stages, while Francis missed an early penalty. AJ MacGinty converted to give the Bears a 7-0 advantage but Francis missed the chance to reduce the arrears eight minutes later. Williams missed the conversion and MacGinty was sin-binned on 52 minutes after conceding his team's 13th penalty, with Francis kicking Bath into a 13-12 lead. Francis then missed a 42-metre penalty, which could have won it with four minutes remaining, as Bath fell to their ninth single-figure defeat of the season.
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