Bath director of rugby Sir Ian McGeechan was delighted with his side's display against Newport Gwent Dragons.
Aviva Premiership side set to welcome World Cup duo into the fold
Bath scrum-half Mark McMillan was taken to hospital with a bad neck injury after his side's 46-16 LV= Cup win over Newport Gwent Dragons.
The Pool 4 clash at Rodney Parade was held up for 10 minutes in the first half after McMillan was stretchered off having come out of a ruck holding his neck.
A stretcher and head restraint were brought onto the field before the number nine was eventually taken off while receiving oxygen.
"He has suffered a knee to the back of the head and has suffered bruising to his upper vertebrae," confirmed Bath director of rugby Sir Ian McGeechan.
Rousing victory
McMillan's injury was the only downside of a rousing victory for the Aviva Premiership outfit, who scored seven tries on their travels.
Olly Woodburn and Tom Biggs, returning England centre Matt Banahan and fellow midfield man Matt Carraro, plus full-back Jack Cuthbert, lock Will Spencer and replacement prop Anthony Perenise all touched down.
"If we had been loose today, we would have found it very difficult," said McGeechan.
"Because we controlled the ball, we controlled the possession and the way we played was a significant factor in the ultimate score.
"The players coming back (from the World Cup) will be coming into a really vibrant group. There has been a great attitude with these players and we have to keep taking it forward.
"We feel we have not done ourselves enough justice in the previous games this season, but today I felt we did ourselves that justice."
Banahan was the first of Bath's England contingent to return to club action, with captain Lewis Moody also due back at The Rec. McGeechan will also be furtther boosted by the arrival of South African flanker Francois Louw.
"One of the pluses for (England) not getting past the quarter-finals is that we have a couple of LV= games to start integrating the odd England boys and Francois Louw into the back row," said the former British and Irish Lions boss.
"They will be in training full time after having a week off, and then it means we can have a look at the make-up of the squad against Worcester next week.
"They need to have that familiarity of playing with one another that we have built up with this group since June."
Controlling rugby
Newport Gwent Dragons assistant coach Danny Wilson admitted his team, which reached the LV= Cup semi-finals last year, had paid the price for not holding onto the ball.
"It is important to say that Bath played a good style of controlling rugby. They controlled possession and kept the ball for long periods," he said.
"We did the mirror opposite. When we got the ball, we coughed it up so easily that we spent the whole game defending.
"When you do that, you are going to get busted and that is what happened to us."
