Bath became champions of England for the first time since 1996 with a dramatic 23-21 Premiership final victory over Leicester in baking conditions at Twickenham on Saturday.

Victory completed a treble for Bath after lifting the Premiership Rugby Cup and European Challenge Cup, and rounded off a dominant season in which they finished runaway leaders in the Premiership table.

Tries from Thomas Du Toit and Max Ojomoh, plus 13 points from the boot of Finn Russell, edged Bath over the line despite a spirited fightback from the Tigers. (AFP)