BATH will have to end their eight-year Powergen Cup drought the hard way after yesterday's quarter and semi-final draws.
The Premiership leaders must travel to Yorkshire to face Leeds Tykes in the quarter-final in February.
And if they get through that, John Connolly's men will face the winner of the Sale/Saracens last-eight clash for a place in the Twickenham final.
Elsewhere, Pertemps Bees director of rugby Phil Maynard welcomed his side's Powergen Cup quarter-final draw at Zurich Premiership champions Wasps as the chance to put the club on the map.
The Bees, formerly Birmingham and Solihull, are the only non-Premiership club left in the competition and were handed a daunting trip to Wasps in yesterday's draw.
"We are disappointed we didn't get a home draw because we would have fancied our chances against any Premiership side at our place," Maynard said.
"But it's a great chance for us to give the club a national profile and to put rugby in Birmingham and in National One on the map.
Quarter-final draw
Leeds v Bath, Newcastle v London Irish, Wasps v Pertemps Bees, Sale v Saracens.
Ties to be played over the weekend of February 28/29.
Semi Final Draw
Newcastle/London Irish v Wasps/Pertemps Bees, Sale/Saracens v Leeds/Bath.
Ties to be played over the weekend of March 13/14.
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