The Prem: Bath 40-34 Exeter: Bath beat Chiefs in 11-try thriller

Bath's Finn Russell did not play in the Prem semi-final loss to Exeter in June

Tries: Redpath, van der Linde, du Preez, Russell, Penalty, Hill Cons: Russell 4

Tries: Varney, Yeandle, Iosefa-Scott, Feyi-Waboso 2 Cons: Slade 3 Pen: Skinner

Bath made it two wins out of two in the new Prem season as they gained a degree of revenge for losing to Exeter Chiefs in last season's semi-final.

The two sides produced another thrilling game, just as they did three months ago, exchanging 11 tries as the all-out attack approach to the new season continued.

The hosts scored four tries to have a bonus point in the bag by the break as Cameron Redpath, Bernard van der Linde, Dan du Preez and Finn Russell all scored to put them 26-10 ahead.

Stephen Varney and Jack Yeandle had got Exeter's first-half scores, before Josh Iosefa-Scott and two great tries from England winger Immanuel Feyi-Waboso turned the match on its head within 15 minutes of the restart.

But Varney gave up a penalty try for a deliberate knock-on and Ted Hill's effort took the game beyond their opponents, although Harvey Skinner kicked a late penalty to ensure the visitors came away from a second consecutive defeat with two bonus points.

The last meeting between the pair at the same venue is a match that will be remembered forever as the Chiefs came from 16 points down at half-time to win their Prem semi-final by a single point.

That defeat dethroned Bath as champions and they were looking ruthless as they grabbed two early tries.

Redpath read Skinner's intentions to make an interception at point-blank range, giving him a free run to the line from inside his own half and there was opportunism about Bath's second score, as scrum-half van der Linde spotted a gap, dummied and sprinted over from just outside the 22.

Exeter had to respond and Feyi-Waboso's burst near the corner drew in enough defenders to allow Varney to exploit space to get his side on the board.