But with the seconds ticking down Bath regained the ball and spun it out wide where Crockett put boot to ball for Banahan to out-jump Cueto and score the match-winning try.

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Bath went for the victory but a spilled ball in midfield led to referee Wayne Barnes blowing the final whistle, sparking wild celebrations among the Gloucester supporters.

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Ulster began to throw the ball about as their confidence grew while Bath's play was littered with errors, strewn with dropped balls and knock-ons, as they crumbled under the pressure exerted by the men in white.

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Blues scrum-half Jason Spice then missed an even better opportunity when, under no pressure, he lost control of the ball as he prepared to ground it in the Bath in-goal area.

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Bath had been pushing for their first try of the afternoon only for the ball to be hoofed clear and David Bory to send Mignoni on his way.

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Bath began the second half on the front foot but were punished for turning the ball over when Short hacked on Farrell's punt upfield and Ratouvou touched down.

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Barkley added all four conversions and the one sour note for Bath was scrum-half Michael Claassens's sin-binning for cynically killing the ball at a ruck right on the hosts' tryline.

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But he was on target two minutes later from a penalty which saw Bath lock Peter Short sent to the sin bin for pulling back Blues number eight Xavier Rush off the ball.

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There was more drama for the bumper 1, 425 crowd to witness when Bath midfielder Mark Badman and Chelmsford's Ricky Modeste were both dismissed following an off-the-ball clash nine minutes from time.

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