Bath 46 Northampton Saints 14: match report The Anglo Welsh Cup has become devalued currency at most Premiership clubs but not at Bath where it represents their last realistic hope of salvaging something from another season of under-achievement. After an early exit from Europe and a limp start to their Premiership campaign, Bath need to win this competition and their first domestic title in 16 years if they are to qualify for next season's Heineken Cup. A maximum points win over a severely-depleted Northampton kept Bath on course in a competition they won ten times between 1984 and 1996, but they needed two flashes of inspiration from front row forwards Ross Batty and Anthony Perenise to set them on their way. Hooker Batty ignored two men outside him and had sufficient strength to make the line latein the first half. Perenise, a Samoa international prop, sold Brett Sharman an outrageous dummy, then flattened Paul Diggin and made the line with two tacklers clinging onto him. Olly Barkley missed only one of his first eight kicks - and that struck the crossbar - in a 21 points contribution but Northampton made a game of it until they fell away in the last ten minutes. Prop Alex Waller was shunted over for Northampton's only try but Bath's persistence was rewarded with three tries in seven minutes. Olly Woodburn exploited an over-stretched Northampton defence, Stephen Donald cut through forn the bonus point try and replacement prop Charlie Beech burrowed over from close range.