Castres Olympique 20-43 Bath Rugby LIVE: Reaction and highlights from France

TRY - Bath Rugby - 20-43

Will Butt has been outstanding since coming on and he blasts through the middle and then opens his long stride to get into the Castres 22, drawing the last defender before passing back inside to replacement scrum half Tom Carr-Smith to score within a minute of coming on.

Finn Russell converts.

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YELLOW CARD - Castres Olympique

Castres lock Guillaume Ducat is off for a dangerous no arms clearout at a ruck.

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It is kicking off

Santi Carreras knocks on 5m out from the try line.

But something sparks a decent scrap.

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TRY - Bath Rugby - 20-36

That is the try of the night for Bath.

Two nice offloads, the first from Alfie Barbeary, the second from Ted Hill, puts Max Ojomoh away down the left wing and the centre has the calmness to throw a one handed pass back inside, over the top of the arriving tackler, for Will Muir to take and run in.

Finn Russell adds the conversion from wide out on the left.

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Too keen from du Toit

Thomas du Toit thinks the ball is out and smashes the Castres scrum-half, but referee Eoghan Cross says the Bath prop jumped the starters' gun and is offside.

Castres kick deep into the Bath 22.

But attacking from the lineout, new man Will Butt jackals over the ball to win a penalty for not releasing.

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Dangerous idea from Castres

Jack Goodhue grubbers a low kick in behind the Bath defensive line, into the visitors' 22, with winger Christian Ambadiang chasing hard, but Will Muir thankfully watches the ball roll out.

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PENALTY GOAL - Bath Rugby - 20-29

Bath are in test match mode tonight, and when the visitors win a penalty 40m out but right in front of the posts, Ben Spencer tells Finn Russell to go for the posts and the Scottish star obliges with a firm strike down the middle.

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Stunning break from Barbeary

Alfie Barbeary is having a sensational game for Bath tonight.

He cleverly picks the ball up in a ruck and explodes through the middle of the blue shirts, racing away from a couple of trailing Castres forwards.

The ball is moved through the hands slickly to release Will Muir down the left wing but he is well tackled and is forced to throw a wild offload to prevent getting driven into touch and the ball goes forward and gets knocked on by Ben Spencer.

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PENALTY GOAL - Castres Olympique - 20-26

Castres win a penalty in the scrum and call for the kicking tee.

Jeremy Fernandez steps up and knocks over the 38m penalty kick from right in front of the posts.

That makes it a one score game.

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A quiet night for Arundell

Bath winger Henry Arundell takes a deep kick and looks to use his pace, going sideways searching for a gap in the defensive line, only to slip and go nowhere.

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TRY - Bath Rugby - 17-26

Beno Obano is over but that try is all about Alfie Barbeary's short, flat pass to the prop after a training ground move from a 5m tap penalty.

Finn Russell hits the near upright with the conversion effort and sees it bounce back out.

That is the bonus point try.

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Last warning for Castres

Attacking from a lineout deep in the Castres 22, the ball comes out to Alfie Barbeary, who was lingering in the midfield, and the number eight crashes back against the grain to get close to the try line.

Christian Ambadiang comes in for the jackal but gets pinged as a team mate is lying on the wrong side.

The Irish referee warns the Castres skipper as the penalties are mounting up.

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Hungry play from Bath

Finn Russell pins Castres back with another low deep kick.

The hosts can run their way back, but the chase is good and Santi Carreras forces a knock on from Jeremy Fernandez to hand Bath a scrum on the opposition 22.

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PENALTY GOAL - Castres Olympique - 17-21

Alfie Barbeary is very harshly penalised for not supporting his weight going looking for a turnover.

You have seen those given the other way thousands of times as his arms just brush the grass first before locking onto the ball.

Pierre Popelin splits the uprights from the edge of the 22.

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YELLOW CARD - Castres Olympique - 14-21

Castres hooker Teddy Durand-Pradere is given 10 minutes in the sin bin for his attempt to illegally drag the maul down as Tom Dunn scored.

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TRY - Bath Rugby - 14-21

Bath have the lead as the catch and drive from a lineout 8m out delivers Tom Dunn over the try line despite Castres trying to illegally drag it down.

Finn Russell is kicking wonderfully tonight and dissects the posts.

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TRY - Bath Rugby - 14-14

Bath's big backrowers make a dent.

Attacking from a close-range lineout, the ball comes out to Alfie Barbeary, who goes through a gap and then cannons towards the line, just getting dragged down short of the line.

A couple of phases later, Ted Hill powers through a double tackle to touch down under the posts.

Finn Russell converts from right in front of the posts and Will Muir is back on.

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Bath edging the scrum battle

Beno Obano looks to have got the better of Will Collier in the scrum again to win a penalty, with young Billy Sela doing well on the tighthead as well.

Finn Russell kicks Bath into the corner.

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Miles Reid to the rescue

Castres' highly dangerous winger Christian Ambadiang explodes down the right wing, breaking a tackle from Santi Carreras with a big fend.

But Miles Reid arrives first at the breakdown near halfway to lock onto the ball and win a penalty for not releasing.

Finn Russell can kick deep into the home side's half again, getting to the edge of the 22.

This is great play from Bath a man down, keeping Castres in their own territory.

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Good game management from Russell

Finn Russell gets the ball just into the Castres half and looks up to spot space in the backfield to thread a kick over the top and into the corner, bouncing the ball off the turf and out for a lineout 5m from the home side's try line.

Castres will have the throw at the lineout but will have to play from deep in their 22.

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