Bristol win away at Harlequins

Bristol brought an Harlequins’ chances of a Heineken Cup quarter-final place but did their own chances a lot of good with their first away win since January.

Harlequins who lost to the Ospreys last week were disappointing and Dean Richards told the BBC how bad he thought it was, “It is probably the worst we’ve played in two-and-a-half years which is the most disappointing thing.”

Bristol took the lead early on with tries from Alfie To’oala and David Lemi and they stayed in front for the match which was so ill tempered that Referee Peter Allan had to speak to the captains twice.

South African and Bulls hooker Gary Botha made his Harlequins debut.

Final Score Harlequins 3 Bristol 17

Harlequins (3) 3
Drop Goal: Care

Bristol (12) 17
Tries: To’oala, Lemi, Arscott
Con: Hill

Harlequins:
Mike Brown, Tom Williams, David Strettle, De Wet Barry, Ugo Monye, Adrian Jarvis, Danny Care, Ceri Jones, Gary Botha, Mike Ross, Ollie Kohn, Jim Evans, Chris Hala’ufia, Paul Volley (capt), Nick Easter.

Replacements: Tani Fuga, Ricky Nebbett, Nicolas Spanghero, Phil Davies, Will Skinner, Steve So’oialo, Tosh Masson.

Bristol:
Luke Arscott, Lee Robinson, Rob Higgitt, Neil Brew, David Lemi, David Hill, Shaun Perry, Alex Clarke, Mark Regan, Jason Hobson, Roy Winters, Sean Hohneck, Matt Salter (capt), Alfie To’oala, Andrew Blowers.