Bath vs Sale Sharks player ratings: Arundell and Lawrence star
Rugby NewsFriday, 03 October 2025 at 21:55
Bath vs Sale Sharks player ratings as the hosts maintain their unbeaten start to the season with a hard-fought victory at The Rec.
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A sellout crowd at The Rec witnessed a thrilling Gallagher Premiership clash as Bath Rugby hosted Sale Sharks in a match full of drama and skill.
Bath dominated early, with Henry Arundell touching down in the seventh minute, followed by Cameron Redpath in the twenty-sixth minute and Beno Obano in the thirty-sixth minute, giving Bath a commanding lead.
Ben Spencer’s flawless kicking — converting all three tries in the eighth, twenty-seventh and thirty-seventh minutes — saw Bath lead 21-9 at half time.
Sale fought back with a penalty from George Ford in the third minute and two drop goals in the twentieth and thirty-fourth minutes.
Ford’s second drop goal was the standout moment — an audacious, perfectly struck fifty-metre kick into a howling wind during Storm Amy, earning widespread praise as one of the season’s great kicks.
Sale came out strongly, with Nathan Jibulu scoring in the forty-ninth minute and Ford adding the conversion to close the gap.
However, Bath applied relentless pressure late in the game, and Max Ojomoh capped the effort with a stunning bonus-point try. Ben Spencer’s conversion sealed the bonus-point victory.
Scroll down for Bath vs Sale Sharks player ratings:
Bath: 28
Tries: Arundell (7'), Redpath (26'), Obano (36'), Ojomoh (77')
Conversions: Spencer (8', 27', 37',77')
Penalties: —
Drop Goals: —
Conversions: Spencer (8', 27', 37',77')
Penalties: —
Drop Goals: —
Sale Sharks: 16
Tries: Jibulu (49')
Conversions: Ford (50')
Penalties: Ford (3')
Drop Goals: Ford (20', 34')
Conversions: Ford (50')
Penalties: Ford (3')
Drop Goals: Ford (20', 34')
Bath vs Sale Sharks player ratings:
- Bath player ratings:
Star performer: Ben Spencer
Talking to TNT Sports, Spencer said: "It is one for the purist. Fair play for these guys they gave it all for 80 minutes in the rain.
"It was a frustrating game Credit to Sale, I thought they were immense in defence, but we stuck at it right to the end and got the try we wanted.
"Tonight was about 1-23, we ourselves on the bench and I thought they came on and brought up the intensity."
Player ratings:
BACKS: 15 Tom de Glanville 6, 14 Joe Cokansiga 6, 13 Ollie Lawrence 8.5, 12 Cameron Redpath 7, 11 Henry Arundell 8.5, 10 Max Ojomoh 7.5, 9, Ben Spencer © 9
FORWARDS: 1 Beno Obano 6, 2 Tom Dunn 7, 3 Vilikesa Sela 6, 4 Quinn Roux 6, 5 Charlie Ewels N/A, 6 Ted Hill 7, 7 Guy Pepper 8.5, 8 Miles Reid 7
- Sale Sharks player ratings:
Star Performer: George Ford — as close to a perfect 10/10 as you’ll see from a player on the losing side, scoring two drop-goals, the second an absolute stunner.
Player ratings:
BACKS: 15. Joe Carpenter 5, 14. Tom Roebuck 6, 13. Rob du Preez 6, 12. Sam Bedlow 6, 11. Tom O’Flaherty 6, 10. George Ford 8.5, 9. Gus Warr 5
FORWARDS: 1. Bevan Rodd 7, 2. Nathan Jibulu 7, 3. Asher Opoku-Fordjour 7, 4. Ben Bamber 7, 5. Hyron Andrews 6, 6. Ernst van Rhyn © 6, 7. Ben Curry 7, 8. Sam Dugdale 5
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