Bath coach Steve Meehan paid tribute to the pack after a dominant performance saw their side complete a 22-14 over Wasps
Lipman injury casts shadow over crucial win
Bath coach Steve Meehan paid tribute to the pack after a dominant performance saw their side complete a 22-14 Guinness Premiership victory over Wasps.
The West Country outfit moved upsides Leicester and Harlequins on 57 points at the top of the table with a clash with Quins awaiting them at the weekend.
"I thought the scrum was absolutely dominant, and we built the victory on that," he said.
"It was a really tough battle. They (Wasps) are a very good side, a very proud club and you are not going to ever get an easy night from them."
However, one player highly unlikely to be available for Saturday's game is captain Michael Lipman, who required oxygen before being carried off with a neck injury.
Concern
"The best case scenario is it is a whiplash injury," Meehan added. "It is not concussion.
"We always treat these things seriously. It all depends on the nature of the injury.
"When people get an injury like this, it is a concern for each and every person at this club. He has movement in his arms.
"He is a brave player, and brave players get into positions and put their teams first.
"It is not the sort of news you want, and you never want to see players carried off."
Wasps rugby director Ian McGeechan was far from despondent despite suffering a defeat that extinguishes any hope of reaching the play-offs.
"We were outstanding tonight, having played the second half without the ball," he said. "I thought it was absolutely superb, probably a bigger performance than Bath expected.
"We will keep pushing on, and tonight we proved the sort of attitude we will take into every game.
"We have had ups and downs, and the players deserve more, so we will be full on until the end of the season.
"We had a bad start to the season, and that put us on the back foot. We have had to look elsewhere for the reasons why we did not put ourselves in the top at the beginning of the season."
