Overview
- Bath sealed a try-scoring bonus point inside the first 18–19 minutes after an early penalty try at the Recreation Ground.
- Ben Spencer controlled territory with incisive kicking and created Ted Hill’s late try with a deft chip-and-chase.
- Munster, already missing Jack Crowley, saw Jean Kleyn withdraw for personal reasons and Michael Milne ruled out during the warm-up.
- French referee Jeremy Rozier showed yellow cards to Beirne for the penalty-try infringement and to Bath prop Will Stuart in the first half.
- Edwin Edogbo and Craig Casey scored for Munster before halftime, but Bath kept the second half scoreless to close out a 40-14 win, with Bath heading to Toulon next and Munster hosting Gloucester.