Bath’s 106kg flanker channels inner Jason Robinson in sensational solo try
Bath flanker Josh Bayliss could have fooled anyone into thinking he was actually Jason Robinson in disguise against Leicester Tigers today with an insane solo try.
The 24-year-old had only been on the field a matter of minutes after coming on during a HIA for Nathan Hughes at the Rec, and he made quite an impact.
The 6ft 4in loose forward was loitering on the wing when he received the ball, but still had a huge amount of work to do from 40 metres out. However, he pulled a sidestep out the bag to completely bamboozle Leicester fly-half Freddie Burns before skinning two Tigers front rows. The try came out of nowhere as he showed feet few forwards in the game could replicate.
In a top versus bottom clash in the Gallagher Premiership, Bath went in at half time ahead after Bayliss’ try put them in the lead in what was a half that went back and forth after Leicester initially went ahead.
Bath Squad
15 Tom de Glanville
14 Will Butt
13 Jonathan Joseph
12 Max Ojomoh
11 Will Muir
10 Orlando Bailey
9 Ben Spencer
1 Valeriy Morozov
2 Jacques du Toit
3 D’Arcy Rae
4 Josh McNally (c)
5 Richard de Carpentier
6 Taulupe Faletau
7 Jaco Coetzee
8 Nathan Hughes
Replacements
16 Tom Doughty
17 Arthur Cordwell
18 Kieran Verden
19 Josh Dingley
20 Josh Bayliss
21 Joe Simpson
22 Danny Cipriani
23 Max Clark
Leicester Squad
15 Bryce Hegarty [9]
14 Harry Potter [29]
13 Guy Porter [33]
12 Dan Kelly [36]
11 Nemani Nadolo [26]
10 Freddie Burns [89]
9 Richard Wigglesworth (c) [27]
1 Francois van Wyk [9]
2 Julián Montoya (vc) [18]
3 Joe Heyes [88]
4 Harry Wells [143]
5 Eli Snyman [11]
6 George Martin [31]
7 Tommy Reffell [65]
8 Jasper Wiese [31]
Replacements
16 Charlie Clare [41]
17 James Whitcombe [14]
18 Will Hurd [4]
19 Calum Green [78]
20 Hanro Liebenberg [46]
21 Jack van Poortvliet [37]
22 Matt Scott [39]
23 Chris Ashton [1]
Take a look at the try:
Oh my goodness what a try from Josh Bayliss 🤯
The big @BathRugby back-rower briefly took on the form of Cheslin Kolbe and stepped the defender out of his boots!
Wait for the replay, this is sensational!#GallagherPrem pic.twitter.com/VdbJ4Pahr9
— Rugby on BT Sport (@btsportrugby) February 19, 2022
