Premiership: Bath 21-19 Newcastle

Bath secured a tense victory over Newcastle to leave the Falcons without a Premiership away win in 18 months.

Newcastle hooker Rob Vickers bundled over to put the visitors ahead before Semesa Rokoduguni showed fine footwork to set himself up for Bath's first try.

The wing then sprinted in for a second to give Bath a 12-7 half-time lead.

Mike Delany slotted four penalties to put Falcons in front with two Bath men in the sin bin, but Tom Homer's penalty gave the hosts victory.

Falcons earned a losing bonus-point but the defeat means the Kingston Park outfit are now without an away victory in the league since they beat London Welsh in October 2014 - a run of 16 losses and a draw.