Bristol Bristol 36 - 27 Newcastle Newcastle

● full_time 80 minutes

27 Dec 2025

English Premiership

Stage: Regular Season Round 8

Ashton Gate

Head to Head

🎉 2
👏 2
🔥 3
😭 1

Bristol Bears secured a thrilling 36-27 victory over Newcastle Red Bulls at Ashton Gate. The match kicked off with an early try from McCallum for Newcastle, quickly followed by Spencer's second try. Bristol responded strongly with three tries in quick succession, including two from Rees-Zammit, establishing a strong lead. The Bears continued their momentum after halftime, with Heward and Ravouvou adding to the score. Despite a red card for Batley, Bristol maintained their composure, with Oghre scoring to extend the lead. Newcastle fought back with Spencer adding his second try, but it wasn’t enough to overcome the deficit. The game concluded with Bristol holding on for a hard-fought win.

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Weather

Temperature: 7.5°C (Feels like 1.5°C) Condition: PartlyCloudy Wind: 22.8 km/h, gusting to 46.3 km/h Humidity: 79% Cloud Cover: 44%

Highlights

Events

  • 0' kickoff
  • 6' try Murray McCallum
  • 13' substitution Lovejoy Chawatama
  • 14' try Oliver Spencer
  • 19' try Louis Rees-Zammit
  • 21' try Matias Moroni
  • 22' conversion Tom Jordan
  • 26' try Ollie Leatherbarrow
  • 27' conversion Brett Connon
  • 28' substitution Jimmy Halliwell
  • 40' half_time
  • 40' second_half
  • 43' penalty Brett Connon
  • 43' substitution George Taylor
  • 43' substitution Max Lahiff
  • 44' try Noah Heward
  • 47' try Oliver Spencer
  • 48' conversion Brett Connon
  • 50' try Kalaveti Ravouvou
  • 53' substitution Murray McCallum
  • 53' substitution George McGuigan
  • 56' try Louis Rees-Zammit
  • 56' substitution Harry Randall
  • 57' conversion Tom Jordan
  • 57' substitution Lovejoy Chawatama
  • 57' substitution Adam Brocklebank
  • 57' substitution Tom Gordon
  • 60' try Gabriel Oghre
  • 61' conversion James Williams
  • 62' substitution Matias Moroni
  • 65' red_card Joe Batley
  • 66' substitution Brett Connon
  • 66' substitution Sebastian de Chaves
  • 66' substitution Simon Benitez Cruz
  • 66' substitution Sammy Arnold
  • 73' substitution Noah Heward
  • 77' yellow_card Kalaveti Ravouvou
  • 77' substitution Tom Jordan
  • 80' full_time