Bath claim bonus point win

10 April 2015With Sam Burgess making his first Premiership start at number six, Bath went for it from the start and were rewarded with three first-half tries and a fourth early in the second period as they recorded a 29-19 victory.

Fifteen points were rattled up in the first 16 minutes of the match as Bath, for whom England's George Ford delivered a fly-half masterclass, collected a brace of tries through Ollie Devoto and Semesa Rokoduguni.

Newcastle responded with a Sinoti Sinoti try but Anthony Watson's score on the stroke of half-time earned Bath a 19-13 lead at the inter…