Bath 26 - 36 Bristol

Full time

05 Oct 2024

Stage: Regular Season Round 3

Recreation Ground

Bristol Bears triumphed over Bath Rugby with a score of 36-26 in a thrilling encounter. Max Malins opened the scoring with an early try for Bristol, followed by a conversion from AJ MacGinty. Bath responded through Sam Harris, leveling the game, but the Bears quickly regained control with further tries from Santiago Grondona and Benhard Janse van Rensburg. Bath's Finn Russell kept his team in contention with accurate kicking, but Bristol maintained their lead through a series of penalties and tries, including a key score from Gabriel Oghre. Bath fought back with tries from Will Butt, Ross Molony, and Ollie Lawrence, but the home side's efforts fell short. The match featured several yellow cards, notably for Grondona and Bath's Sam Underhill, impacting team strategies. Ultimately, Bristol's strong first-half performance secured them the victory at the Recreation Ground.

Weather

Temperature: 16.1°C (Feels like 10.7°C) Condition: Windy Wind: 26.0 km/h, gusting to 46.8 km/h Humidity: 62% Cloud Cover: 82%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
1'

Try

Max Malins · Bristol

0 - 5
2'

Conversion

AJ MacGinty · Bristol

0 - 7
11'

Try

Sam Harris · Bath

5 - 7
12'

Conversion

Finn Russell · Bath

7 - 7
15'

Substitution

Joe Jenkins on for James Williams · Bristol
18'

Try

Santiago Grondona · Bristol

7 - 12
19'

Conversion

AJ MacGinty · Bristol

7 - 14
26'

Try

Benhard Janse van Rensburg · Bristol

7 - 19
36'

Try

Santiago Grondona · Bristol

7 - 24
37'

Conversion

AJ MacGinty · Bristol

7 - 26
Halftime 7 - 26
Second Half
41'

Substitution

Francois van Wyk on for Beno Obano · Bath
42'

Penalty

AJ MacGinty · Bristol

7 - 29
44'

Substitution

Will Capon on for Gabriel Oghre · Bristol
48'

Yellow Card

Santiago Grondona · Bristol
49'

Substitution

Tom Dunn on for Niall Annett · Bath
52'

Substitution

Beno Obano on for Francois van Wyk · Bath
52'

Substitution

Jaco Coetzee on for Miles Reid · Bath
52'

Substitution

Cameron Redpath on for Sam Harris · Bath
52'

Substitution

Gabriel Oghre on for Will Capon · Bristol
54'

Substitution

Jake Woolmore on for Ellis Genge · Bristol
54'

Substitution

George Kloska on for Max Lahiff · Bristol
55'

Try

Will Butt · Bath

12 - 29
56'

Conversion

Finn Russell · Bath

14 - 29
56'

Substitution

Ross Molony on for Quinn Roux · Bath
56'

Substitution

Sam Underhill on for Guy Pepper · Bath
58'

Try

Ross Molony · Bath

19 - 29
58'

Yellow Card Complete

Santiago Grondona · Bristol
59'

Conversion

Finn Russell · Bath

21 - 29
61'

Yellow Card

Sam Underhill · Bath
62'

Try

Gabriel Oghre · Bristol

21 - 34
63'

Conversion

AJ MacGinty · Bristol

21 - 36
63'

Substitution

Will Stuart on for Thomas du Toit · Bath
63'

Substitution

Francois van Wyk on for Beno Obano · Bath
70'

Substitution

Louis Schreuder on for Ruaridh McConnochie · Bath
70'

Substitution

Will Capon on for Gabriel Oghre · Bristol
71'

Yellow Card Complete

Sam Underhill · Bath
72'

Substitution

Joe Owen on for James Dun · Bristol
75'

Try

Ollie Lawrence · Bath

26 - 36
Fulltime 26 - 36

Player ratings

Bath

15 Sam Harris 6.8
14 Tom de Glanville 5.5
13 Ollie Lawrence 6.9
12 Will Butt 6.2
11 Ruaridh McConnochie 6.6
10 Finn Russell 6.9
9 Ben Spencer 6.0
1 Beno Obano 6.2
2 Niall Annett 6.8
3 Thomas du Toit 5.7
4 Quinn Roux 6.0
5 Charlie Ewels 6.2
6 Ted Hill 5.8
7 Guy Pepper 6.7
8 Miles Reid 6.3
16 Tom Dunn 6.2
17 Francois van Wyk 5.6
18 Will Stuart 5.8
19 Ross Molony 6.6
20 Sam Underhill 4.6
21 Louis Schreuder 5.8
22 Cameron Redpath 5.7
23 Jaco Coetzee 6.2

Bristol

15 Max Malins 7.5
14 Gabriel Ibitoye 6.8
13 Benhard Janse van Rensburg 8.4
12 James Williams 7.0
11 Richard Lane 5.9
10 AJ MacGinty 7.1
9 Harry Randall 7.4
1 Ellis Genge 6.8
2 Gabriel Oghre 8.4
3 Max Lahiff 5.6
4 James Dun 6.8
5 Joe Batley 6.5
6 Steven Luatua 7.3
7 Santiago Grondona 7.6
8 Fitz Harding 6.9
16 Will Capon 7.0
17 Jake Woolmore 6.4
18 George Kloska 6.2
19 Joe Owen –
20 Benjamin Grondona –
21 Kieran Marmion –
22 Joe Jenkins 6.9
23 Jack Bates –