A Finn Russell penalty in the 70th minute ultimately proved the difference in this fiercely contested match-up under the Friday night lights. Two second half tries for the visitors through Rich Lane and Max Malins weren’t enough to overcome Bath’s first half scores courtesy of Ollie Lawrence and Ben Spencer. Bristol registered the first points of the game with Magnus Bradbury scoring under the posts on six minutes, Sheedy adding the extras. Russell reduced the deficit with a 12th minute penalty. Lawrence crashed over for his third try in two games and just two minutes later it was the turn of skipper Spencer to sprint over the line for another score. The boot of Russell made it 17-7 on 19 minutes and that’s how it stayed until halftime. --- #### TEAMS **Bath Rugby XV:** 1 Beno Obano, 2 Tom Dunn, 3 Will Stuart, 4 Fergus Lee-Warner, 5 Charlie Ewels, 6 Miles Reid, 7 Sam Underhill, 8 Jaco Coetzee, 9 Ben Spencer ©, 10 Finn Russell, 11 Will Muir, 12 Cameron Redpath, 13 Ollie Lawrence, 14 Joe Cokanasiga, 15 Matt Gallagher **Replacements:** 16 Niall Annett, 17 Thomas du Toit, 18 Johannes Jonker, 19 GJ van Velze, 20 Alfie Barbeary, 21 Louis Schreuder, 22 Orlando Bailey, 23 Max Ojomoh **Bristol Bears XV:** 1 Ellis Genge, 2 Gabriel Oghre, 3 Max Lahiff, 4 Ed Holmes, 5 Josh Caulfield, 6 Joe Batley, 7 Harry Thacker, 8 Magnus Bradbury, 9 Harry Randall ©, 10 Callum Sheedy, 11 Gabriel Ibitoye, 12 Benhard JV Rensburg , 13 Virimi Vakatawa, 14 Piers O'Conor, 15 Rich Lane **Replacements:** 16 Will Capon, 17 Jake Woolmore, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 Jake Heenan, 20 Dan Thomas, 21 Kieran Marmion, 22 James Williams, 23 Max Malins --- #### SCORES **Bath Rugby** **Tries:** Ollie Lawrence (16), Ben Spencer (18)
**Conversions:** Finn Russell (17, 19)
**Penalties:** Finn Russell (12, 70) **Bristol Bears** **Tries:** Magnus Bradbury (6), Rich Lane (51), Max Malins (55)
**Conversions:** Callum Sheedy (7, 51)
**Penalties:** n/a --- #### GALLERY
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