Bristol 21 - 19 Bath

Full time

29 May 2026

English Premiership

Stage: Regular Season Round 17

Ashton Gate

Bristol vs Bath head to head

🎉 3

👏 2

🔥 1

😭 1

In a thrilling Premiership clash, Bristol Bears narrowly defeated Bath Rugby 21-19 at Ashton Gate. Bath's Ollie Lawrence opened the scoring with a try, followed swiftly by a conversion from Ciaran Donoghue, giving them an early lead. Guy Pepper added a second try for Bath, but Bristol responded with a try from Fitz Harding, converted by AJ MacGinty, just before halftime. Following the break, Thomas du Toit scored for Bath, but Bristol capitalized on a penalty try to regain the lead. Max Lahiff's try and Tom Jordan's conversion extended Bristol's advantage, putting them 21-14 ahead. Despite a late fightback from Bath, including a yellow card for Henry Arundell, they could only muster a single penalty try. The match concluded with Bristol holding on to their slim lead, securing a crucial victory.

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Weather

Temperature: 19.0°C (Feels like 18.3°C) Condition: Clear Wind: 16.0 km/h, gusting to 30.1 km/h Humidity: 64% Cloud Cover: 5%

Highlights

Events

Kickoff
19'

Try

Ollie Lawrence · Bath

0 - 5
20'

Conversion

Ciaran Donoghue · Bath

0 - 7
28'

Try

Guy Pepper · Bath

0 - 12
29'

Substitution

Max Lahiff on for George Kloska · Bristol
29'

Substitution

George Taylor on for Santiago Grondona · Bristol
34'

Try

Fitz Harding · Bristol

5 - 12
35'

Conversion

AJ MacGinty · Bristol

7 - 12
40'

Substitution

Tom Jordan on for AJ MacGinty · Bristol
Halftime 7 - 12
Second Half
41'

Try

Thomas du Toit · Bath

7 - 17
42'

Conversion

Ciaran Donoghue · Bath

7 - 19
43'

Yellow Card

Henry Arundell · Bath
44'

Penalty Try

No Player · Bristol

14 - 19
45'

Substitution

Josh Bayliss on for Guy Pepper · Bath
53'

Yellow Card Complete

Henry Arundell · Bath
56'

Substitution

Francois van Wyk on for Beno Obano · Bath
56'

Substitution

Dan Frost on for Kepu Tuipulotu · Bath
56'

Substitution

Ewan Richards on for Ethan Staddon · Bath
56'

Substitution

Alfie Barbeary on for Thomas du Toit · Bath
64'

Substitution

Vilikesa Sela on for Ellis Genge · Bristol
65'

Try

Max Lahiff · Bristol

21 - 19
65'

Conversion

Tom Jordan · Bristol

16 - 19
67'

Substitution

Cameron Redpath on for Ollie Lawrence · Bath
67'

Substitution

Kieran Marmion on for Harry Randall · Bristol
73'

Substitution

Tom Carr-Smith on for Ben Spencer · Bath
Fulltime 21 - 19

Player ratings

Bristol

15 Noah Heward 6.7
14 Louis Rees-Zammit 7.7
13 Matias Moroni 7.6
12 Benhard Janse van Rensburg 8.3
11 Kalaveti Ravouvou 7.5
10 AJ MacGinty 6.3
9 Harry Randall 7.3
1 Ellis Genge 6.5
2 Harry Thacker 8.6
3 George Kloska 6.7
4 James Dun 6.5
5 Joe Batley 6.9
6 Joe Owen 7.3
7 Fitz Harding 8.2
8 Santiago Grondona 5.5
16 Tomas Gwilliam –
17 Jake Woolmore –
18 Max Lahiff 6.7
19 Jimmy Halliwell –
20 George Taylor 6.5
21 Kieran Marmion 6.3
22 Tom Jordan 7.1
23 Jack Bates –

Bath

15 Santiago Carreras 6.2
14 Joe Cokanasiga 6.4
13 Ollie Lawrence 5.9
12 Max Ojomoh 5.4
11 Henry Arundell 4.8
10 Ciaran Donoghue 5.8
9 Ben Spencer 7.0
1 Beno Obano 6.3
2 Kepu Tuipulotu 7.0
3 Thomas du Toit 7.2
4 Ted Hill 7.5
5 Charlie Ewels 5.4
6 Ethan Staddon 5.7
7 Guy Pepper 7.2
8 Sam Underhill 6.7
16 Dan Frost 6.6
17 Francois van Wyk 6.2
18 Vilikesa Sela 6.4
19 Ewan Richards 5.9
20 Josh Bayliss 6.0
21 Tom Carr-Smith –
22 Cameron Redpath 5.9
23 Alfie Barbeary 6.7