- Bristol 29-17 Newcastle
- George Kloska try caps bonus-point victory
Newcastle are the early surprise of a strange season. They started the round second behind Exeter, winning their first three matches before being awarded the fourth and they were unfortunate to leave here with nothing after forcing Bristol to plunder their deep reserves. It is little wonder that some of the Premiership’s more established brethren are trying to use the pandemic as an excuse to pull up the trapdoor marked relegation.
The Falcons took the game to Bristol from the start even if their first attack ended with the Bears scoring when Tom Arscott’s pass off-balance was picked off by Callum Sheedy on his 10-metre line for Siva Naulago to score. Bristol had a potent back division with Charles Piutau, playing his first match for three months, Naulago and Semi Radradra in harness for the first time, but they were underpowered and spent much of the first half in retreat. They gave away so many penalties under pressure that Dave Attwood was sent to the sin-bin after 30 minutes.
Written by Paul Rees at Ashton Gate
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