It has been a busy few minutes at Kingsholm.

Billy Burns with a huge slip as he tees up a penalty. Off balance, he still manages to slot his kick for the hosts.

There is also a setback for Harlequins as prop Mark Lambert goes off for a head injury assessment and is replaced by Owen Evans.

Jake Cooper-Woolley comes away from a scrum with a bloodied head, a gash that has the macabre look of a gunshot wound.

Bath win a penalty for a collapsed scrum but no sooner than getting position hand the ball straight back to Wasps.

Shots of Francois Louw in the stands on the television coverage - how missed is that big unit at the ruck?

Wasps come fingertips away from a flowing try in the right corner. From the scrum in the 22, Joe Simpson scoots from the base, finds Danny Cipriani who at the line tips away to Kurtley Beale.

With the line in sight and a huge overlap, Wasps had the chance but Wallabies full-back Beale took his eye off the ball and it squirmed loose, to the relief of the Rec faithful.

Bath compound the loss of the ball in a decent position by knocking on in their own half.

Wasps henceforth have a fine position to strike.

What I'm most impressed about by Wasps is they defend as relentlessly as they attack. Numbers at the breakdown, sharp off the line and ferocious in contact.

Bath get penalty advantage for a high tackle after Danny Cipriani clobbers Tom Homer across the chops.

Chance to push Wasps back from the penalty.

The home fans have hope in their hearts after Adam Hastings puts David Denton in but the big back-rower is ruled to have a leg in touch.

Credit Christian Wade for his defensive effort which forced the Scotland international into that position.

Positive for Bath? They broke Wasps line. Smart halves play from Denton's compatriot Hastings.

More than a quarter of an hour has gone at Kingholm and there has been no further score... not that Gloucester haven't been knocking hard on the door.

The hosts are dominating possession, but Harlequins have resisted so far.

Gloucester head coach Laurie Fisher will have plenty turning over in his head, as the hosts have also turned down a kickable penalty and chance to add to that lead.

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Bath get some joy from an exit kick, pinning Willie Le Roux on landing, and winning a penalty when the South African back tried to shift to a smoother present.

From the pen Bath get into the Wasps 22...

That try puts an awful lot of pressure on Bath to come out and attack Wasps.

However, the lack of field position in this first quarter has given them little chance of doing such.

Wasps have the ball in sight of Bath's 22 but the ball goes loose. Bath recover but the visitors line-speed and defence is, pardon the pun, swarming.

It's been a sapping start for Bath. They've tried to clear their lines with a maul just outside their 22 but it's gone against them and turned over head and feed at the scrum.

Wasps are getting a foothold here. It's the pack rather than the backline that has earned it.

Extensive raid on the Bath line by Wasps featured plenty of deft hands, looking to pull the home side defence all over the place but they do enough to bundle the winger Christian Wade into touch.

However, play comes back for the penalty advantage. Wasps hammer it into touch and they come again... before Bath recover and a box kick gets the ball clear.

Test of mettle there for Bath, they passed.

Some Premiership games lack a bit of stardust and sparkle in terms of entertainment and expansive football but this game certainly isn't one of them.

Both these teams like to chuck it about. It's a soggy pitch by all accounts but it's had little impact on the adventure of the two teams.

Handling affected though as Ben Tapuai made a break and his pop off to Anthony Watson was spilled in contact.