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Jeremy Guscott: Bath need to ensure they find fifth gear

Since Bath managed to finish in first place early and qualify for the playoffs with a home semi-final, the only nagging doubt in my mind is if it leads to them playing Bristol Bears, if they finish fourth.
Cutting edge: Gabriel Ibitoye scores in Bristol’s recent Premiership win against Bath PICTURE: Getty Images

By Jeremy Guscott – Outspoken and unmissable... every week

Since Bath managed to finish in first place early and qualify for the playoffs with a home semi-final, the only nagging doubt in my mind is if it leads to them playing Bristol Bears, if they finish fourth.
It doesn’t stem from analytics as much as reading the way that Bath had no answer to Bristol’s all-out attacking strategy at times during their two league games this season.
Bath have lost only three times this season in the Premiership, with Bristol inflicting two losses, and Northampton the other, when they lost by a point at ...

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