Summary

  • Watson's touchdown had put Bath ahead

  • Veainu and Cole scored tries for Tigers

  • Leicester's Bell kicked three penalties; Bath's Ford kicked two

  • Bath not won at Welford Road in Premiership since 2003

  1. Leicester 11-11 Bathpublished at 16:16 Greenwich Mean Time 29 November 2015

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    That's just bad discipline. He doesn't need to do it.

    Steve Johnson, BBC Radio Leicester

  2. Penalty (Ford)published at 50 mins

    Leicester 11-11 Bath

    You can hear a pin drop as George Ford lines up his kick and it sails through to level up the scores.

    Game on under the Welford Road floodlights.

  3. Leicester 11-8 Bathpublished at 49 mins

    Tigers give away a penalty at the ruck.

    George Ford instantly points to the sticks.

  4. Leicester 11-8 Bathpublished at 49 mins

    Sam Hamilton comes on for Leicester, to take over from Ben Youngs.

    Big responsibility for the Tigers scrum-half.

  5. Leicester 11-8 Bathpublished at 47 mins

    Peter BethamImage source, Getty Images

    Leicester go across the field from left to right trying to probe a way through but just as they threaten, up pops Leroy Houston for Bath to smuggle the ball on the intercept.

    Pendulum swings back the other end of the field, but eventually the move breaks down on the left with Nikola Matawalu forced into touch.

  6. Leicester 11-8 Bathpublished at 46 mins

    We go back actually.

    Nikola Matawalu deemed to have ripped that out of the newly-formed ruck.

    Leicester penalty, they go for touch, on the cusp of Bath's 22.

  7. Leicester 11-8 Bathpublished at 46 mins

    That wind has given George Ford a reason to shake the dust of those boots and start pinning Leicester back.

    Long kicking game at every opportunity.

    Nikola Matawalu picks the ball off but Bath can't make the most of the play in broken field with a knock-on.

  8. Penalty (Ford)published at 44 mins

    Leicester 11-8 Bath

    George Ford, with the wind at his back, has the ball fizzing through the sticks against his old club.

  9. Leicester 11-5 Bathpublished at 43 mins

    Leicester are penalised at the scrum and Bath will go for goal.

    More problems at that set-piece.

  10. Leicester 11-5 Bathpublished at 42 mins

    Bath line-outImage source, Getty Images

    Bath have a line-out, and go short to the front and catch Leicester napping.

    Matawalu tries to feed Ellis, who charged onto the offload, but they then cough up the ball as it goes back in field.

    Tigers scrum.

    Enterprising though.

  11. Kick-offpublished at 41 mins

    Leicester 11-5 Bath

    We're back under way, no relent in the rain.

    Leicester in possession.

  12. You've got to pick a pocket or twopublished at 16:01

    HT: Leicester 11-5 Bath

    Telusa VeainuImage source, Getty Images

    And what about that try from Telusa Veainu?! Looked for all the money that Bath were going to exploit the overlap on the right but Veainu had other ideas.

    I've not seen such an artful display of pick-pocketing since I was made to watch Oliver on Christmas Eve a few years back.

    Fagin would be proud.

  13. get involved

    Get Involved #bbcrugbypublished at 15:59

    HT: Leicester 11-5 Bath

    Stuart HooperImage source, Getty Images

    Wowzers, when was the last time you saw rain quite like this? These conditions may not make for flowing rugby but, as Dave Egerton says, it's still good fun to watch.

    So which way do you see the second half going? Please do let us know via#bbcrugbyon Twitter.

  14. HT: Leicester 11-5 Bathpublished at 15:55

    Two things you're always guaranteed at Welford Road.

    A noisy crowd and a tough Tigers pack.

    We've had both.

    Their intensity is clear to see and, while Bath have fronted-up well, you can see the influence of Mike Williams and Brendon O'Connor with the ball in hand and at the ruck.

  15. HT: Leicester 11-5 Bathpublished at 15:53

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    You can't not enjoy rugby when there's wind everywhere and rain everywhere, but you have two teams trying to play.

    Dave Egerton, BBC Radio Bristol

  16. Half-timepublished at 40 mins

    Leicester 11-5 Bath

    Anthony WatsonImage source, Getty Images

    Credit to both sides, they have tried to play rugby in rapidly deteriorating conditions.

    When we've not been bogged down in scrum-time gloom, it's been a cracking encounter.

    Bath scored first, Leicester hit them on the break and Tommy Bell's boot has been the difference from the tee.

    40 more muddy, soggy, bruising minutes to go. Can't wait!

  17. Leicester 11-5 Bathpublished at 40 mins

    Bath get to within 10 of the line when they concede the penalty.

    Leicester smash to touch. It's half-time.

  18. Leicester 11-5 Bathpublished at 40 mins

    Nikola Matawalu didn't even get chance to feed it.

    Leicester kick the penalty downfield but Anthony Watson returns it with interest.

    Bath play out the last throes of the half in the Tigers half here.

    Can they nick something or will the hosts hold out?

  19. Leicester 11-5 Bathpublished at 39 mins

    Well as we close in on half-time, the weather has made this a less expansive game.

    That said, some of the handling from both sides has been excellent.

    Bath have a scrum in the Tigers half.