Gallagher Premiership
Friday, December 3rd 2021
Kingsholm

	Gloucester Rugby	27
	Bristol Bears	10

Match Report

Will Carpenter reports from Kingsholm

Posted Friday, December 3rd 2021 @bristolsportwkc

Report: Gloucester 27-10 Bristol Bears

Friday, December 3rd 2021

Gloucester ran in three second-half tries to take the derby spoils under the Friday night lights at Kingsholm.

Henry Purdy's well-worked score on 45 minutes - collecting Callum Sheedy's cross-kick after Charles Piutau's break - had edged the Bears in front after Chris Singleton's try from a driving lineout had given the hosts a half-time lead.

But the Cherry and Whites rallied on the hour mark, as Mark Atkinson's kick ahead was collected by the onrushing Chris Harris - and when referee Christophe Ridley awarded a penalty try shortly after and sent Dan Thomas to the sin-bin, the hosts were firmly in control.

Pat Lam's Bears, boosted by the return of Semi Radradra, looked to forge a route back into the contest, but Charlie Chapman's 80th-minute try sealed the Gloucester bonus-point to complete a fifth win of the season for George Skivington's side.

Gloucester: Evans; Rees-Zammit, Harris, Atkinson, Thorley; Hastings, Meehan; Rapava-Ruskin, Singleton, Gotovtsev, Clarke, Alemanno, Ackermann, Ludlow (c), Morgan.

Replacements: Socino, Elrington, Ford-Robinson, Davidson, Reid, Chapman, Twelvetrees, Moyle.

Bristol Bears: Piutau (Morahan 68); Fricker, Purdy, O'Conor, Leiua (Radradra 40); Sheedy, Randall (Whiteley 61); Woolmore (Y Thomas 66), Thacker (Kerr 45), Afoa, Attwood (Harding 49), Joyce, Vui, D Thomas (Heenan 74), Luatua (c).

Replacements: Kerr, Y Thomas, Challenger, Heenan, Harding, Whiteley, Radradra, Morahan.