Flood stars for Leicester
England fly-half Toby Flood booted a drop-goal and six penalties as Leicester claimed a narrow 21-15 victory at Welford Road to further dent Bath's Aviva Premiership aspirations and get their title defence back on track.
Flood, who returned from a knee injury just six days ago, produced a flawless display with the boot as the Tigers' grunt up front saw them grind out the win.
Bath, to their credit, recovered well after a terrible opening 20 minutes but five penalties from centre Olly Barkley were not enough to give them a first win at the home of their fierce rivals since November 2003.
Meanwhile, Gloucester claimed a 33-26 victory - their third successive Premiership win - after a dramatic late score denied a Nick Evans-inspired Harlequins at Kingsholm.
Brett Deacon touched down with three minutes left, just when it looked as though New Zealander Evans would make Gloucester pay for poor discipline.
Gloucester played half the second period with 14 men after props Paul Doran-Jones and Nick Wood were sin-binned, and their transgressions gave Quins a lifeline.
Fly-half Evans scored 21 points from a try, four penalties and two conversions, while England scrum-half Danny Care also touched down.
Evans' opposite number Nicky Robinson amassed 18 points, including conversions of tries from Dave Lewis, Charlie Sharples and Deacon.
London Irish remain top after posting a fortunate 12-9 win over a battling Exeter side at Sandy Park.
The leaders were indebted to Ryan Lamb for two penalties in the final 10 minutes, as Exeter were more than a match for their lofty opponents for much of the contest.
