Overview
- Bath beat Exeter 33-26 after Arthur Green finished a 79th‑minute, 38‑phase move, rescuing victory after the champions squandered a 26-0 lead.
- Exeter played with 14 for 20 minutes following Campbell Ridl’s early red card for upending Henry Arundell, then rallied to 26-26 before Bath sealed it late.
- Leinster crushed Connacht 52-17 with eight tries and a 33-0 second half, overcoming a patchy opening that included a Joe McCarthy sin‑bin.
- Referee Andrew Brace did not return after half-time in Dublin and was replaced by Keane Davison, as Leinster secured a seventh straight win ahead of La Rochelle in Europe.
- The Stormers edged the Bulls 13-8 on Ntuthuko Mchunu’s late maul try before a URC season‑high crowd of 53,862 to stay unbeaten, extending the Bulls’ losing run to six.