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Malins (2', 31'), Gonzalez (13', 60')
Tries
Arundell (18', 75'), Toit (37'), Butt (48'), Green (52')
Farrell (3', 14', 61')
Conversions
Russell (19', 38', 53', 76')
Penalties
Russell (17')
Farrell (34')
Drop Goals
Bath’s 36–29 win at Saracens felt like a headline game for the Premiership season and a statement about where the champions want to go next. Saracens flew out, but Bath finished faster and sharper, with Henry Arundell bookending the away side’s scoring to decide a wild contest at StoneX Stadium.
Saracens’ start had home fans roaring. On 3 minutes Max Malins struck first, finishing a crisp pattern; Owen Farrell converted for 7–0. By 14 minutes Juan Martín González had muscled over and Farrell made it 14–0. Bath needed a foothold and got one through Finn Russell’s penalty on 18 minutes, before Arundell ripped the game open a minute later with a reading-the-mail intercept and a full-length finish; Russell’s extras on 20 minutes cut it to 14–10. Malins’ second at 31 minutes pushed Saracens out again (19–10), and Farrell then dropped a cool, composed three on 35 minutes. But Thomas du Toit’s close-range power at 38 minutes, plus Russell’s boot, kept Bath right there at 22–17 at the break.
The second half flipped. Will Butt levelled the tone on 49 minutes and four minutes later No.8 Arthur Green thundered in; Russell converted for a 29–22 lead by 54 minutes. Saracens rallied—González’s second on 61 minutes, Farrell converting on 62, tied it at 29–29—and the noise rose another notch. It felt like one decisive play would swing it.
Enter Arundell again. On 76 minutes he hit the gas for his second, a strike worthy of the occasion; Russell added the two on 77 to seal it. The winger’s brace, one built on anticipation and the other on sheer pace, underlined why his England claims are growing louder, while Bath’s bench impact and Russell’s control in the clutch turned a daunting 14–0 start into a signature away win.
For Saracens, there were positives: Farrell’s orchestration (including that drop goal), Malins’ finishing touch, and González’s relentless carrying. Yet Bath’s balance told—tight-five muscle from du Toit, young edge from Green, and finishing class from Arundell and Butt. The champions left North London with authority and answers late, while Saracens will feel they played plenty of good rugby but were outpaced at the death. This didn’t read like a one-off; it looked like the shape of the title race to come.
