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Bristol Bears have put a big score on Leicester Tigers
Leicester Tigers have been handed a heavy beating away to the Bristol Bears, with their former hooker Harry Thacker scoring two tries against his former club.
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The visitors had been within three points after the opening quarter thanks to a try from Manu Tuilagi but were forced to play a man short for almost an hour after Kyle Eastmond’s red card for a high tackle – report Premiership Rugby.
Luke Morahan and Harry Randall both touched down after the break for the hosts, who topped up their total with 21 points from the boot of Ian Madigan.
Try machine Thacker gave Bristol the perfect start, after he was fed by Alapati Leiua following a burst right through the middle of the Tigers defence where he turned Jonah Holmes inside and out before releasing the hooker to score.
Thacker’s try against his former club came after a hat-trick against Wasps last weekend.
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After a Madigan penalty extended the hosts’ lead to 10 points they were reeled in by a spectacular score from centre Manu Tuilagi.
Fresh from his first England appearance in two years last weekend, the outside centre carried the ball from the base of a ruck 25 metres out and weaved around the defence to dive over and score.
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The visitors’ chances of registering a first win in three games was greatly reduced after centre Eastmond was sent off for a high tackle on Madigan after 25 minutes.
After the red card a series of penalties were exchanged by the Irishman and his opposite number George Ford – leaving it 16-10 to the hosts.
Just before the break Thacker had his second but only after referee Wayne Barnes had gone over the try with TMO Trevor Fisher – the hooker touched down after he was put through by flanker Steven Luatua, making it 21-10 to hosts at the break.
Bristol continued to make the most of their numerical advantage just after half-time with winger Luke Morahan adding a third try for the hosts.
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? MASSIVE bonus-point win at @ashtongatestad. ?#BRIvLEI pic.twitter.com/RahisO8PRM
— Bristol Bears ? (@BristolBears) December 1, 2018
The Aussie flier weaved around Jonny May and then took off from 60 metres out with open space to race through to score.
Bristol continued to turn the screw with scrum-half Harry Randall registering the bonus-point try after 50 minutes, as the No. 9 turned his opposite number Ben Youngs inside-out before racing through to score for his first try for the club.
Leicester did push for some late points despite being down to 14 but Bristol managed to keep them out, as they grabbed their third win of the campaign.
The final score was 41 – 10.
Source: Premiership Rugby
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2 Go to commentsOh dear, bones too suspect to continue?
2 Go to commentsBold headline considering the Canes and Blues are 1 and 2 and the Brumbies were soundly beaten by the Chiefs and Blues. Biggest surprise is Rebels 4 Crusaders 12 - no one saw that coming. If Aus are improving that’s great 👍
1 Go to commentsAnna, You are right, we need to have patience whilst the others catch up to England and France. Also it is the PWR that has been the game changer for England. the RFU put money into that initially at the expense of the Red Roses. I was sceptical at first but it has paid off in spades.
1 Go to commentsI think Matt Proctor became a 1 test AB in the same fixture. Cameron is quality and has been great this season, can’t believe’s he only 27. Realistically how would he not be selected for ABs squad this year. Only Dmac is ahead of him as a specialist 10. With Jordan out, it will come down to where and when Beauden Barrett slots back in, and where they want to play Ruben Love. Cameron seems an absolute lock in for the wider squad though. Added benefit of TJ-Cameron-Jordie combination at 9, 10, 11 too.
1 Go to commentsFarcical, to what end would someone want to pay to keep this thing going.
1 Go to commentsHavili, our best 12 by a mile, will be in the squad, if he stays fit. JB is the most overrated AB in the last 50 years.
61 Go to commentsWe had during the week twilight footy, twilight cricket, tw golf plus there was the athletics club. Then the weekend was rugby 15s plus the net ball, really busy club scene back then but so much has changed and rugby has suffered. And it was all about changing lifestyles.
6 Go to commentsIn the 70s and 80s my club ran 5 Senior sides plus a Vets. Now it is 2 sides with an occasional 3rd team. Players have difficulty getting to training now, not sure why and the commitment is not there. It seems to me more a problem of people applying themselves and not expecting to turn up and play whenever they want to.
6 Go to commentsROG’s contract is until 2027. The conversation about a successor to Galthie after RWC 2027 may be starting now. We can infer that Galthie’s reign stops then. He is throwing the Irish Coaching Job angle in because he is Irish. The next Irish coach MUST be Leo Cullen. As well as being the best coach available, coaching the vast majority of Irish Internationals week in week out, he has shown incredible skill at recruiting the best coaching staff for the job in hand. That was a failing in France. Cullen is a shrewd guy and if there is a need for foreign coaches underneath him he won’t hesitate. Rightly so. Ireland does need to start to bring Irish coaches through. Not just at the professional level but we need to train coaches to man new pathways for developing kids from schools/clubs up through the divisions.
8 Go to commentsNo Islam says it must rule where it stands Thus it is to be deleted from this planet Earth
18 Go to commentsThis team probably does not beat the ABs sadly Not sure if BPA will be available given his signing for Force but has to enter consideration. Very strong possibility of getting schooled by the AB props. Advantage AB. Rodda/Skelton would be a tasty locking combination - would love to see how they get on. Advantage Wallabies. Backrow a risk of getting out hustled and outmuscled by ABs. Will be interesting to see if the Blues feast on the Reds this weekend the way they did the Brumbies we are in big trouble at the breakdown. Great energy, running and defence but goalkicking/general kicking/passing quality in the halves bothers me enormously. SA may have won the World Cup for a lot of the tournament without a recognised goalkicker but Pollard in the final made a difference IMO. Injuries and retirements leave AB stocks a bit lighter but still stronger. 12 and 13 ABs shade it (Barret > Paisami, Ione = Ikitau, arguably) Interesting clash of styles on the wings - Corey Toole running around Caleb Clark and Caleb running over the top of Toole. Reece vs Koro probably the reverse. Pretty even IMO. 15s Kelleway = Love See advantage to ABs man for man, but we are not obviously getting slaughtered anywhere which makes a nice change. Think talent wise we are pretty even and if our cohesion and teamwork is better than the ABs then its just about doable.
11 Go to commentsCompletely agree. More friday night games would be a hit. RFU to make sure every club has a floodlit pitch. Club opens again Saturday to welcome touch / tag. Minis and youths on Sunday
6 Go to comments1.97m and 105Kg? Proportionately, probably skinnier than me at 1.82 and 82kilos. He won’t survive against the big guys at that weight.
56 Go to commentsThe value he brought to the crusaders as an assistant was equal to what he got out of being there. He reflected not only on the team culture but also the credit he attributed to the rugby community. Such experience shouldn’t be overlooked.
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61 Go to commentsBar the injuries, it’s pretty much their top team …
2 Go to commentsDon’t disagree with much of this but it appears you forgot Rodda and Beale, who started at the Force on the weekend.
11 Go to commentsExcept for the injured Zach Gallagher this would be Saders best forward pack for the season. Blackadder needs to stay at 7, for all of Christies tackling he is not dominant and offers very little else. McNicholfullback is maybe a good option, Fihaki not really upto it, there was a reason Burke played there last year. Maybe Havilli to 2nd five McLeod to wing. Need a strong winger on 1 side to compliment Reece
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