Du Toit hat-trick secures Bath home semi-final after two-point win against Leicester

• Bath 24-22 Leicester

• Cokanasiga also scores try for hosts in frantic first half

Bath-Leicester is about as earthy a rivalry as it gets, and, boy, in this era of free-flowing, almost surreal, rugby, here we had a proper throwback to times past. Brutal. And with this hardest of wins, Bath the champions have chiselled out the right to play at home in next weekend’s semi-finals.

You think Bath-Leicester is earthy? Prepare for next weekend, when Northampton host Leicester (earthiest of them all?) and Bath will take on Exeter. Two semis, two derbies. Forget about the razzmatazz. This is why most of us fell in love with rugby.