By PAUL REES

Bath ..................................... 31pts
Tries: Hill 11, Obano 21, Annett 72
Conversions: Russell 22, 73
Penalties: Russell 2, 26, 47, 65

Sale Sharks ..................... 23pts
Tries: B Curry 17, Taylor 33, O’Flaherty 51
Conversions: Ford 34
Penalties: Ford 37, 46
Bath are one victory away from winning the Premiership for the first time after surviving a Sale comeback, but they are likely to be underdogs against a Northampton that has been a couple more years in the making.
But what Bath have shown in the last two years under Johann van Graan is a burgeoning self-b...