BATH director of rugby Todd Blackadder set his sights on silverware after his side booked their place in the final of the Anglo-Welsh Cup against Northampton tonight.

Bath's 13-12 victory saw them through to next weekend's final at Kingsholm, where they will face either Exeter or Newcastle, who play each other at Sandy Park on Sunday.

It will be the first time that Bath have appeared in an Anglo-Welsh final, with their previous 11 campaigns since 2005 all proving unsuccessful.

Blackadder said: "It's a great opportunity for our club to win some silverware and we want to play in some high pressure finals."

"I've no preference as to who we play as they are both quality sides.

"We've put a lot of work into this Anglo-Welsh competition and I'm really proud that we did a fantastic job as our bench made a really good impact."

Northampton interim head coach Alan Dickens said that Teimana Harrison's sending off following "very minimal contact" was the turning point of the game.

Saints were leading 12-10 with 13 minutes remaining at The Rec when number eight Harrison appeared to headbutt Bath's replacement prop Nathan Catt.

Harrison, making his 100th appearance for the club, was dismissed and from the resulting penalty Josh Lewis split the posts to earn Bath a 13-12 victory in dreadful conditions.

Dickens said: "We made it very difficult for ourselves with that red card and that turned the game their way.

"There was very minimal contact but the referee and the TMO came to that decision so we've got to live by it."

But Blackadder felt the decision was the correct one.

He said: "The sending off was a definite red card. It wasn't overly malicious but it did shift the advantage back to us."

Bath lock Levi Douglas scored the only try of the game after 18 minutes, with Lewis converting and adding two penalties - including the match-winner.

Northampton's reply came from four Stephen Myler penalties.

Dickens added: "The statistics show it was a very even game so we are very disappointed to come up short as we badly wanted to be in the final.

"We worked hard to get a bonus point at Exeter and played well against Sale to get us in this position.

"It was one of those games where it was better not to have the ball but our line-out failed to function at crucial stages and they scrambled well to put us under pressure."

Dickens was also asked about the position regarding Wales wing George North.

Interim Saints boss Alan Gaffney had suggested North did not want to play for Saints after he missed last week's home defeat to Sale.

Dickens said on Friday: "I wish him all the best for tomorrow's Welsh game but I haven't heard from him so I haven't got a clue what's happening in the future."