Owen Williams shines as Leicester complete 34-14 win over Bath

Leicester Tigers 34-14 Bath Rugby, Welford Road
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Centre Owen Williams kicked 17 points as Leicester Tigers maintained their unbeaten streak of 13 years over Bath at Welford Road after completing a 34-14 victory on Sunday.

Williams started the proceedings for Leicester Tigers with a penalty in the fifth minute and eight minutes later Brendon O'Connor crossed over following assistance from Telusa Veainu. With another penalty in the 20th minute, Leicester Tigers raced to a 11-0 lead.

Winger Semesa Rokoduguni led Bath's response with a try in the 22nd minute and with fly-half George Ford adding the extras, the gap was reduced to four points. However, it was Williams, who had the final say at the end of the first 40 minute scoring his third penalty as Leicester Tigers went into half-time with a score of 14-7.

Tom Youngs extended Leicester Tigers dominance in the second half with a 44th minute try while Williams kicked the conversion successfully. Williams capped a fantastic game with back-to-back penalties in the 59th and 61st minute before Freddie Burns took over his role. With Ford missing his second penalty in the game, Leicester Tigers had a successful lead of 27-7 with 18 minutes left in the game.

Bath made a brief comeback with Tom Dunn's 67th minute try which was followed by Ford's conversion but it was soon negated by Ed Slater's try for Leicester Tigers in the closing stage of the game while Burns added the two-pointer.

The 34-14 victory allowed Leicester Tigers to enter the top four in the Aviva Premiership table.