Bristol 17-23 Leicester

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Bristol 17-23 Leicester

Bristol (14) 17
Tries: L Arscott, Lemi Cons: Barnes 2 Pens: Barnes

Leicester (7) 23
Tries: Cole, Hipkiss Cons: Dupuy, VestyPens: Vesty 3

Leicester moved to the top of the Premiership with a hard-fought victory over relegation favourites Bristol.

Leicester prop Dan Cole opened the scoring with a try under the posts, with Julian Dupuy adding the extras.

But Bristol hit back with a try from Luke Arscott before Denis Lemi gave the home side a 14-7 half-time lead with a score five minutes before the interval.

Three penalties from Sam Vesty put the Tigers back in charge before Dan Hipkiss's converted try sealed the win.

Bristol: L Arscott; T Arscott, N Brew, N Brew, Lemi; Barnes, Perry; Clarke, Regan, Crompton, Winters, Sidoli, To'oala, El Abd, Ward-Smith.
Replacements: Thomas for Perry (78), Irish for Clarke (56), Sambucetti for Winters (56), R Pennycook for To'oala (56).
Not Used: Hayes, Thompson, Ashwin.

Leicester: Hamilton; Smith, Hipkiss, Mauger, Tuilagi; Vesty, Dupuy; Ayerza, Davies, Cole, L Deacon, Kay, Wentzel, Woods, Pienaar.
Replacements: Varndell for Smith (14), Youngs for Dupuy (25), Bonorino for Cole (73), Herring for Wentzel (38).
Not Used: Chuter, Hemingway, Hougaard.

Att: 6,037

Ref: Greg Garner (RFU).

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[danny]

Good effort from Bris but yet again they fell short. At least they are now showing some fight under Paul Hull. Fingers crossed that they can come straight back up next season as the prem needs a decent Bristol side(a proper rugby club)

 

[Fa'atau82]

Yeah, i feel for Bristol.. they are a real club and they have done well to compete this season on a tiny budget compared to other clubs. It's time for them to go down and rebuild. They should come back up, if Leeds can then Bristol can if they keep guys like Lemi.