Big-hearted Finn Russell insisted offering Premiership title try glory to a team-mate was the right thing to do as he celebrated more title success in the Twickenham sunshine. The Bridge of Allan-born Scotland star was in scintillating form as he guided Bath to their first Premiership title in 29 years by defeating Leicester Tigers 23-21 in a tight final at the home of English rugby. The south-west side had finished top of the pile during the season, but that finish counted for little on the big occasion against one of the biggest clubs in English rugby, boasting a battery of international stars themselves. At the fly-half position, Russell’s bout with South African World Cup-winning standoff Handre Pollard for Tigers was viewed as a big clash. But the 32-year-old was to decisively come out on top with the moment of the final. Russell’s fine reading of the play allowed him to jump in front of Pollard’s pass and charge clear of the Leicester defence. However, just as he was bearing down on touching the ball over the whitewash, he flicked a looping pass inside to centre Max Ojomoh, with the youngster gleefully hurtling himself down under the posts to push Bath into a 23-10 lead. Leicester would fight back to cut the gap to two, but Bath held on to make it double trophy success after scooping the European Challenge Cup last month. Russell was asked after the game about the try-scoring moment and why he didn’t decide simply to score himself, but instead throw the risky ball inside to Ojomoh. Speaking to the BBC after his 13 point haul in the final, he replied: “He’s a kid from Bath that grew up watching his dad [Steve] lifting this trophy. Giving him a little bit of limelight in the final was nice. “Winning the Challenge Cup was brilliant but at the start of the year the goal was to win the Premiership. It’s ten years since I won it at Glasgow in my second season there, and now I’ve won it here in my second season. “It’s special. This group, the city, the club deserves it. The work we’ve put in over the last few years, more years than I’ve been here, and then what we do on the pitch is try to represent the city as best we can. “After last year’s defeat [against Northampton] we bounced back really quickly and we managed to get the job done.” Following the punishing toll of the final in roasting London conditions, Russell admitted he was keen for a few cold drinks to celebrate the big win - but then attention will turn to playing a major role for the British and Irish Lions in their upcoming tour of Australia. He added: “I’ll have a couple of quiet ones, I think. “It is always sweeter when you’ve got a victory and a medal round your neck, so it will be good. “Last week we were pushed hard by Bristol in a knock-out game and we came through that one, and Leicester are a brilliant side and I think we made a lot of mistakes – we didn’t play at our best – our set-piece wasn’t great and there was knock-ons at first phase and so on. “But the strength of our team is that we find a way to win, we’re tough to beat, and we got the result at the end which is all that matters when it comes to finals.”