Leicester Tigers subdue Bath in low-scoring affair

An impressive defensive display and the boot of Owen Williams helped Leicester Tigers record a 17-8 Avivia Premiership win over Bath this afternoon.

The Tigers prevented their opponents from registering a try until the 79th minute, by which point Williams had already put them out of sight at Welford Road.

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George Ford kicked the visitors ahead in the fourth minute, but it was not until the penultimate minute that Bath added to their score.

Leicester, who were thrashed 45-0 by Bath in the reverse fixture, responded well as Williams converted penalties either side of a 16th-minute Tom Youngs try to give the host an 11-3 advantage at half time.

Two more penalties from the Welsh fly-half extended Leicester's lead, and the Tigers then gave the division's best defence a taste of their own medicine to take their 14-point cushion to the closing stages.

Ross Batty crossed the line for Bath as timed ticked away, but it was too little, too late, as the second-placed side were condemned to a third defeat of the season by a Tigers outfit who climb to fifth in the table.