Friday Night's Star Performers

The Welsh out-half put on a place kicking clinic tonight, scoring all of his side's 18 points in their crucial narrow margin victory over Scarlets. He displayed an excellent array of intelligent kicking out of hand; hoisting some beautifully weighted up-and-unders and probing perfectly judged grubber kicks in behind the opposition defence. He caused Scarlets a lot of problems when running with ball in hand, showing great awareness and accurate passing to set teammates into key attacking spaces. Thoroughly deserved the man of the match award and really put his hand up for national team selection.

 

Underhill continued his remarkable defensive effort this season, in Bath's victory against Scarlets. The flanker was a key figure around the field for the visitors, making huge hits at crucial times in the fixture, such as his tackle in the final play to force the ball into touch. At the breakdown, Underhill was a thorn in Scarlets' side, disrupting their ball at every opportunity and earning 2 turnovers in the process. At only 21 years of age, a bright future awaits the future England international.