Hugo Rodallega headed a chance wide and then saw his overhead kick fly over.
Instead both sides had to rely on their fly-halves to kick for territory and set the platform for the forwards to attack.
Banahan crossed for England's final try in the defeat after claiming a cross-kick from fly-half Andy Goode ahead of former All Black Doug Howlett.
But Lamont was forced to make another try-saving tackle at the other end after a poor kick from fly-half Phil Godman was charged down and kicked ahead by Francois Trinh-Duc, who narrowly failed to complete the score.
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Chris Malone twice had a chance to level the scores either side of the half-hour mark, but each time the Quins fly-half pushed his kick across the posts.
Referee Jonathan Kaplan had been playing advantage, though, giving Jonathan Sexton - on for O'Gara - the chance to level the scores but the fly-half sent his kick wide.
Gloucester struggled to get going in the first 20 minutes, Lamb's two early penalties all but cancelled out when the fly-half's kick was charged down and returned for a try by opposite number Fraser.
The Irish fly-half missed his first kick on 65 minutes but made amends shortly after to take his side a converted try in front.
Nacewa, having switched to fly-half, launched a high kick which Blues Mustoe failed to hold.
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Farrell's kick off was going to fly out of play on the full but the New Zealander caught the ball and carried it over the dead-ball line to put his side under pressure.
Worcester should have levelled soon after but fly-half Joey Carlisle missed with a kick at goal and Leicester took advantage.
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The fly-half did better with his first kick of the second half, his penalty returning the Ospreys to the lead - but the advantage did not last long.
The fly-half also failed with his second conversion kick, but the Scots had still opened up a useful 16-6 lead.
The fly-half had just missed a difficult penalty kick and seemed to strain his back in the process, collapsing in pain.
Northampton began the brighter, having the territorial advantage, but could only come up with two Geraghty penalties, although the fly-half missed another fairly straight-forward kick.
That looked to be it for the opening period with the clock touching 40 minutes, but Blues fly-half Sam Norton-Knight opted to kick upfield rather than send the ball into touch to end the first half.
Unfortunately for Thomas he hooked the simple kick left of the posts, spoiling the fly-half's previous good work.
Banahan gave Bath the perfect start when he latched onto James's grubber kick for the opening try, although the fly-half missed with the conversion.
All Whites fly-half Dixon opened the scoring with an early kick, before poor defence from his team let Neath in for the opening five-pointer.
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But the England fly-half blotted his copybook moments later when his kick from hand rolled through the in-goal area, handing Blues their best field position of the match back from where the kick was taken.
Saints fly-half Geraghty sliced a long-range drop-kick wide before O'Gara saw his penalty drop short of the post.
Stephen Jones' kick-off epitomised the Scarlets' season thus far - off kilter as the ball ran dead, bringing a scrum on half-way at which the Wales fly-half must have been relieved to see a free kick awarded against Ulster.
They needed a quick score in the second half and got one thanks to some sloppy work from Nick Williams, who failed to deal with a Humphreys kick to the left corner which allowed the Ulster fly-half to run up and touch the ball down.
The fly-half's fourth penalty was his best, the kick sneaking over from wide on the touch-line to take the Scots two scores clear.
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The visitors began badly when fly-half Steve Meyer missed a straightforward penalty just two minutes after kick-off, while Meyer was sin-binned in the 16th minute for not retreating 10m from a quick tap penalty.
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