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Bristol pip Saints at the death

By on 16th November 2008

A late try from Luke Eves (pictured) helped Bristol edge the Nothampton Saints 14-13 in a fiercely contested Guinness Premiership fixture on Sunday.


Adrian Jarvis could have put the home side ahead in the third minute, but the Bristol flyhalf missed his penalty attempt.

 

Stephen Myler then succeeded with a penalty of his own to give the Saints a 0-3 lead.

 

After 20 minutes big number eight Dan Ward-Smith crashed over for the first five-pointer and Jarvis added the extra two to make it 7-3.

 

The lead however lasted just three minutes as James Downey scored with Myler adding the conversion to make it 7-10 at the break.

 

Saints then drew first blood in the second half as Myler’s boot proved trusty with another three-points.

 

Bristol however edged into the lead with ten minutes to go when substitute Luke Eves scored.

 

Ed Barnes’ conversion made it 14-13 in favour of the hosts who held out for the win.

 

 

Final Score Bristol 14 (7) Northampton 13 (10)

Scorers


Bristol
Tries -Ward-Smith, Eves
Pen –
Con – Jarvis, Barnes 


Northampton
Tries -Downey
Pen -Myler 2
Con – Myler 2


Teams


Bristol : 15 Vunga Lilo, 14 Tom Arscott, 13 Neil Brew, 12 Ed Barnes, 11 David Lemi, 10 Adrian Jarvis, 9 Graeme Beveridge, 8 Dan Ward-Smith, 7 Joe El Abd (c), 6 Alfie To’oala, 5 Robert Sidoli, 4 Roy Winters, 3 Jason Hobson, 2 Mark Regan, 1 Alex Clarke.


Replacements: 16 Scott Linklater, 17 Darren Crompton, 18 Mariano Sambucetti, 19 Iain Grieve, 20 Shaun Perry, 21 Luke Eves, 22 Mat Turner.


Northampton: 15 Ben Foden, 14 Chris Ashton, 13 Chris Mayor, 12 James Downey, 11 Bruce Reihana (c), 10 Stephen Myler, 9 Lee Dickson, 8 Roger Wilson, 7 Mark Easter, 6 Mark Hopley, 5 Christian Day, 4 Ignacio Fernandez Lobbe, 3 Barry Stewart, 2 Paul Shields, 1 Tom Smith.


Replacements: 16 Joe Gray, 17 Soane Tonga’uiha, 18 Juandre Kruger, 19 Courtney Lawes, 20 Alan Dickens, 21 Carlos Spencer, 22 Nils Mordt.

 

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