Bath score six against London Irish, Brendan McKibbin sent off for stamping

Bath have trounced London Irish, who played the majority of the match with 14 men, 45-14 at the Madejski Stadium this afternoon.

London Irish had Brendan McKibbin sent off with an hour of the game remaining in a feisty contest that also saw two yellow cards.

Rhys Priestland got the first points of the game with a Bath penalty after five minutes, before Leroy Houston rumbled over from a lineout to score the game's first try.

Priestland grabbed the conversion from out wide to take an early 10-point lead, but Bath found themselves down to 14 men after Alafoti Fa'osiliva was sin-binned for a high tackle.

The ill discipline continued and Irish scrum half McKibbin received a red card after he was deemed to have stamped on Henry Thomas.

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Ollie Devoto took advantage of the broken field to smash through midfield and score for Bath, as replacement scrum-half Scott Steele finally sniped to get Irish a score with 13 minutes of the half remaining.

Shane Geraghty added the conversion, before finding himself on the end of a late tackle by Devoto which earned the centre a yellow card.

Fa'osiliva and Kyle Eastmond both added tries after the break, with Tom Homer converting both, before Irish hit back through Fergus Mulchrone's try.

Priestland then grabbed a try for himself following good hands from a lineout, before Nikola Matawalu scored a sixth on the stroke of full time after collecting a Semesa Rokoduguni kick.

The win sees Bath move up to fifth in the Aviva Premiership, with London Irish sitting just above the relegation zone in 11th.