Leicester Tigers clinched their place in the Guinness Premiership final with a 24-10 win over Bath at the Walkers Stadium.

Dan Hipkiss, Sam Vesty and Lewis Moody scored the tries, and this time there was no need for the sort of historic penalty shoot-out which saw Leicester into the Heineken Cup final at the expense of Cardiff Blues last week.

This was a much more emphatic victory to complete a heady three weeks since Richard Cockerill was confirmed as Leicester head coach.

The teams had met four times already this season and while Leicester had won three, none of the encounters had been won by more than five points.

Leicester v Bath is almost always like that. One of rugby's traditional firefights. The Manchester United v Arsenal of the rugby world.

The big question was whether Leicester would have the legs after last week's energy-sapping victory. That worry proved groundless.

Michael Claassens and Stuart Hooper both touched down for Bath, but Moody's try effectively ended it as a contest.