| Bristol Bears (12.26) |
| Tries: Radradra, Piutau, Byrne, Ibitoye Cons: Sheedy and MacGinty |
| Leicester Tigers (23) 26 |
| Tries: Kelly, Ashton, Montoya Con: Burns Pens: Burns 3 |
Bristol pulled out a dramatic 26-26 draw at Ashton Gate with Leicester.
Semi Radradra, Charles Piutau and Charles Piutau scored for Bristol. However, a trio of tries by Chris Ashton, Julian Montoya and Dan Kelly gave Tigers a 23-12 advantage.
Bryan Byrne trimmed the deficit before Tigers had Francois Van Wyk sent off.
Gabriel Ibitoye made a cross to tie the score. Bristol’s AJ MacGinty missed a penalty, which would have won the game with the final kick.
We will keep you posted.
Bristol Bears Piutau, Bailey, Radradra, O’Conor, Ibitoye, Sheedy, Porter; Genge, Byrne, Lahiff, Batley, Vui, Luatua (c), Lewis, Heenan.
Replacements: Thacker, Woolmore, Tyack, Hawkins, Thomas, Uren, MacGinty, Jenkins.
Sin bin: Semi Radradra (28 mins)
Leicester Tigers: Steward, Ashton, Porter, Kelly, Watson, Burns, Youngs; Whitcombe, Montoya, Cole, Wells, Chessum, Liebenberg (c), Reffell, Wiese.
Replacements: Clare, Van Wyk, Heyes, Snyman, Martin, Van Poortvliet, Atkinson, Potter.
Red card Francois van Wyk (64 mins)
Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys.