Gallagher Premiership
Friday, January 7th 2022
Ashton Gate

	Bristol Bears	32
	Sale Sharks	15

Match Report

Will Carpenter reports from Ashton Gate

Posted Friday, January 7th 2022 @bristolsportwkc

Report: Bristol Bears 32-15 Sale Sharks

Friday, January 7th 2022

Bristol Bears returned to winning ways with a hard-fought bonus-point victory over Sale Sharks on Friday night, as Andy Uren's stoppage time score secured the full allocation at Ashton Gate.

Ewan Ashman fired Sale into an early lead, before Will Capon and a Luke Morahan double, either side of Rob Du Preez's 28th-minute score, saw the Bears take a narrow lead into the break.

Callum Sheedy landed two penalties to extend the lead to ten points midway through the second period - and after Tom Curry and Sam James had seen tries disallowed for knock-ons via the TMO, Uren capitalised on sensational work from Ioan Lloyd to seal maximum points for Pat Lam's men.

THERE IT IS. 🙌

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— Bristol Bears (@BristolBears) January 7, 2022

Bristol Bears: Morahan; Lloyd, Radradra, Bedlow (O’Conor 61), Purdy; Sheedy, Randall (Uren 64); Lahiff (Woolmore 52), Thacker (Kerr 53), Sinckler (Afoa 53), Joyce (c) (Holmes 74), Hawkins, Vui, D Thomas (Heenan 75), Harding.

Replacements: Capon, Woolmore, Afoa, Holmes, Heenan, Uren, O'Conor, Bates.

Sale Sharks: L James; McGuigan, R du Preez, S James, Yarde; MacGinty, Cliff; Rodd, Ashman, Schonert, J-L du Preez, De Jager, Ross (c), T Curry, D du Preez.

Replacements: Taylor, McIntyre, Oosthuizen, Postlethwaite, B Curry, Warr, Doherty, Hammersley.

Bristol Bears: Tries: Capon 10, Morahan 19, 33, Uren 80. Cons: Sheedy 10, 33, 80. Pens: Sheedy 44, 57

Sale Sharks: Tries: Ashman 5, R Du Preez 28. Cons: MacGinty 28. Pens: MacGinty 35. Yellow: T Curry 9