Road to the Play-Offs: five key moments

Trailing by nine points with just eight minutes remaining, Piers O’Conor’s converted try brought Pat Lam’s men within striking range of the Saints, who had led the whole way.

But after Ehren Painter’s deliberate knock on in the dying seconds, Bedlow stepped up to land a long-range penalty and with it, earn a win that had looked unlikely just 10 minutes earlier.

Tries in either half from Harry Randall and Semi Radradra cut through an ice-cold afternoon in Devon and cancelled out Jonny Hill’s 35^th-minute effort, while Callum Sheedy was faultless from the tee with two conversions and two penalties.

It was a fifth successive Gallagher Premiership win for Pat Lam’s side, who would remain top of the tree for the remainder of the season.

It was a biggest-ever Premiership win, and a biggest-ever win over Bath for Pat Lam’s men, who ran in five first-half tries to storm into a 34-3 lead at the interval, as Luke Morahan, Charles Piutau, Andy Uren and a Bryan Byrne double blew Bath away in a breathtaking 40-minute spell.

It was more of the same after the break, as man of the match Andy Uren’s flat pass allowed Semi Radradra the opportunity to weave his magic across the Ashton Gate turf and race in from 60 metres.

In a remarkable finale, Luke Morahan’s try and Sam Bedlow’s touchline conversion levelled the scores with five minutes left to play – and immediately from the restart, Fitz Harding’s break and pinpoint pass located Andy Uren, and the scrum-half raced clear to earn all five points for Pat Lam’s men.

Earlier in the piece, tries from Henry Purdy and Siva Naulago had fired the Bears into a 14-0 lead, only for a revitalised Saints to hit back with 21 unanswered points, courtesy of scores from Nick Isiekwe, George Furbank and 11 points from the boot of James Grayson.

But after Morahan’s converted try, Harding scooped up a loose ball and fed Uren to seal the unlikeliest of bonus-point wins.