Newcastle 19-52 Bristol Bears Match Report

Newcastle 19-52 Bristol Bears Match Report

Bristol Bears moved back into The Prem's top four as they cruised to an eight-try victory at bottom club Newcastle Red Bulls.

The bonus-point win took Bristol one point ahead of Exeter Chiefs, who drop to fifth, before their game at Gloucester on Sunday.

Early tries from successive plays from Rich Lane and Kalaveti Ravouvou put the Bears in control and they never looked back.

Tom Jordan scored again before the break and tries just after half-time from Noah Heward and Matias Moroni finished off the contest, while Benhard Janse van Rensburg with two and Harry Thacker crossed late on.

For the Red Bulls, Adam Brocklebank grabbed a try in the first half with further scores in the second from Christian Wade and Josh Hodge.

It was a fifth straight loss and a 13th out of 14 for the home side this season, who remain eight points behind Harlequins in ninth.

Newcastle Red Bulls: Hodge; Wade, Hearle, Beeckmans, E Obatoyinbo; Connon, Elliott; Brocklebank, Fletcher, McCallum, Hodgson, Baker, Clarke, Christie (c), Parsons.

Replacements: Adejimi, Rewcastle, Clark, Hawkins, Mafi, Stuart, Healy, Bolam.

Bristol Bears: Lane; Heward, Moroni, Janse van Rensburg, Ibitoye; Jordan, Randall; Genge, Oghre, Kloska, Dun, Taylor, Owen, Harding (c), B Grondona.

Replacements: Thacker, Woolmore, Lahiff, Ivanishvili, Cripps, Wolstenholme, Williams, Ravouvou.

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