Report: Scarlets 28-34 Bristol Bears

Report: Scarlets 28-34 Bristol Bears | Bristol Bears

2022-09-02 23:58:32 By : Mr. Simon Wu

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Posted Friday, September 2nd 2022 @TolkienJessica

Bristol Bears rounded off their pre-season campaign with another fightback victory, as they recovered from 28-15 down to edge out Scarlets on Friday night.

Jake Heenan, Harry Randall and Luke Morahan touched down for the Bears during a topsy-turvy first-half, before Scarlets rallied through Scott Williams, Vaea Fifita, Daf Hughes and Tomas Lezana to lead by 13 on the hour mark.

But back came the Bears, with Yann Thomas and Jack Bates finishing well before a valiant defensive set saw Pat Lam’s men hold on for a second successive pre-season win.

The Scarlets were first on the scoreboard through Scott Williams, before Sam Bedlow and Piers O'Conor combined to send Jake Heenan over.

Harry Randall's trademark snipe from the base of a scrum saw the Bears snatch back the lead, before Fifita and Hughes powered over either side of Luke Morahan's neat finish on the right-hand side, with home team heading into the break leading 21-15.

Scarlets would score only one more time through Tomas Lezana , before replacement Yann Thomas scored under the post off the back of a tap and go penalty for the Bears.

With just over ten minutes to go, replacement Ioan Lloyd linked up with fellow Welshman Sheedy to s end Rich Lane over the try line . Sheedy converted to nudge Bears into the lead , 28-29.

Lane would then return the favour to set up Morahan for his second out wide and the Bears then showed some dog g ed defence to hold out for their second pre-season victory.

Pat Lam’s side kick-off their Gallagher Premiership season against Bath at Ashton Gate on Friday, September 9 th .

Scarlets: Tries: Williams 5, Fifita 23, Hughes 31, Lezana 58. Cons: Jones 5, 23, 31, 58

Bristol Bears: Tries: Heenan 10, Randall 19, Morahan 26, Y Thomas 63, Bates 78. Cons: Sheedy 63

Scarlets: Tom Rogers; Steff Evans, Jonathan Davies (capt), Scott Williams, Ryan Conbeer; Sam Costelow, Dane Blacker; Steff Thomas, Daf Hughes, Javan Sebastian, Vaea Fifita, Tom Price, Blade Thomson, Tomás Lezana, Sione Kalamafoni.

Replacements: Phil Price, Taylor Davies, Alex Jeffries, Morgan Jones, Josh Helps, Griff Evans, Luca Giannini, Iwan Shenton, Archie Hughes, Dan Jones, Eddie James, Corey Baldwin, Ioan Nicholas.

Bristol Bears: Charles Piutau, Luke Morahan, Piers O’Conor, Sam Bedlow, Rich Lane, AJ MacGinty, Harry Randall; Jake Woolmore, Harry Thacker, Kyle Sinckler, Ed Holmes, Chris Vui, Sam Jeffries, Jake Heenan (c), Magnus Bradbury.

System players: Will Capon, Yann Thomas, Max Lahiff, John Hawkins, Morgan Eames, Charlie Rice, Aaron Tull, Andy Uren, Callum Sheedy, Jack Bates, Ioan Lloyd, Henry Purdy

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