{"id":318975,"date":"2025-11-30T17:28:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T17:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/318975\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T17:28:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T17:28:12","slug":"henry-arundell-hurts-saracens-as-bath-sink-gallagher-prem-title-rivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/318975\/","title":{"rendered":"Henry Arundell hurts Saracens as Bath sink Gallagher Prem title rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Henry Arundell sent Saracens<\/a> crashing to defeat as Bath<\/a> emerged from the international break with a 36-29 victory that propelled them two points clear the top of the Gallagher Prem.<\/p>\n

With the title rivals on course for a 29-29 draw, Arundell pounced by running in his second try in the 76th minute having also opened the scoring for the champions with an early intercept.<\/p>\n

The decisive moment was made possible by the wing\u2019s England<\/a> team-mate Max Ojomoh<\/a>, a final-quarter replacement who skilfully caught Finn Russell\u2019s low pass and charged forward before timing the final pass to perfection.<\/p>\n

Ojomoh was the matchwinner in England\u2019s victory over Argentina<\/a> a week ago and this was another influential performance from the playmaker who is hoping to retain his Test place in the Six Nations.<\/p>\n

It completed an impressive comeback from Bath given they only took the lead for the first time in the 54th minute and had to respond after falling 14-0 behind following a lacklustre start.<\/p>\n

Points Flow Chart <\/p>\n

Bath win +7<\/p>\n

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Time in lead<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

58%<\/p>\n

% Of Game In Lead<\/p>\n

19%<\/p>\n

35%<\/p>\n

Possession Last 10 min<\/p>\n

65%<\/p>\n

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Saracens seemed unstoppable as they plundered tries on each of their first two visits to the 22, Max Malins<\/a> and Juan Martin Gonzalez<\/a> rounding off precise and ambitious attacks.<\/p>\n

Malins went over following an interchange down the left with Lucio Cinti<\/a> after Noah Caluori<\/a> had won an aerial duel on the opposite wing, pre-empting an attack from deep.<\/p>\n

Tom Willis\u2019 carry and off-load were instrumental in Gonzalez\u2019s try, but it was Owen Farrell\u2019s flat pass to the onrushing Ben Earl<\/a> that made the score possible. Willis then limped off injured.<\/p>\n

Any sense Saracens were coasting vanished when Bath hit back with a Russell penalty and Arundell intercept try from 80 metres out.<\/p>\n

Arundell struck after England squad mate Caluori had completed a towering catch only for the ball to be lost several phases later, but the home wing took partial revenge after he beat Arundell to a high ball soon after.<\/p>\n

Saracens continued to be deadly in the opposition 22, however, with their next raid given momentum by centre Nick Tompkins<\/a> making an effective, if unusual carry, and ending with Malins strolling over.<\/p>\n

A long-range Farrell drop goal followed but Bath stayed in the hunt with a line-out maul finished by Tom Dunn<\/a> and their power game continued to serve them well early in the second half.<\/p>\n

For all the forward pick-and-goes, it was a moment of deception that undid Saracens with Ben Spencer<\/a> passing a tap penalty to Will Butt<\/a> to score just as it looked like his pack would carry again.<\/p>\n

Bath were in full flight as they registered the bonus point when Arthur Green finished a sweeping move that included strong supporting roles for Josh Bayliss<\/a>, Arundell and Spencer.<\/p>\n

The rivals were proving hard to separate after the scored was tied 29-29 once Gonzalez had finished a series of forward drives.<\/p>\n

Elliot Daly, making his first appearance for Saracens since the British and Irish Lions<\/a> tour, nudged a long-range penalty attempt wide as a grandstand finish beckoned in north London.<\/p>\n

The tension grew until Arundell scored the winning try with five minutes left.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Henry Arundell sent Saracens crashing to defeat as Bath emerged from the international break with a 36-29 victory…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318976,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-318975","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318975"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318975\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}