What Freddie Burns said to Scotland forward after sidestep humilation
Bath’s Josh Bayliss went viral today with his hot feet against Leicester Tigers, running in for a try from 40 metres out.
But sometimes whenever there is a good finish, there is a player that has not had a moment to remember. On this occasion it was Tigers fly-half Freddie Burns.
Fortunately, the fly-half could see the funny side of the try after the game, probably because Leicester won the game in the end thanks to a try from Burns himself. The BT Sport cameras caught the moment Burns shook hands with Bayliss after the match, where both players laughed and Burns said “You’ve done me horribly, mate!”
Regardless of what the result was, Leicester were going to remain on top and Bath were going to remain at the bottom of the Gallagher Premiership table, but the Tigers’ win meant they extended their lead at the top of the table after Saracens lost to London Irish at the same time.
Leicester take on third place Gloucester next week while Bath travel to face Newcastle Falcons.
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 moment Burns encountered Bayliss:
“You’ve done me horribly, mate!”@FreddieBurns to @joshbayliss8 after that devastating side-step 🤝#GallagherPrem pic.twitter.com/ohXvm6YuBz
— Rugby on BT Sport (@btsportrugby) February 19, 2022
