By PAUL REES

Will Butt is confident Bath will emerge from the top flight break on the front foot as they look to secure their first league title in the Premiership era.
Bath are third in the table having been at the bottom end in recent seasons. Four of their last six league matches are against teams they are sandwiched between, Harlequins and Northampton above them and Saracens and Exeter immediately below them.
They face last season’s beaten finalists Sale at The Rec on Sunday and their penultimate match is against the only team that goes into the resumption with only pride to play for, ...