Premiership: Gloucester 24-33 Bristol - Bears turn game around after break

Gabriel Oghre dived over to score Bristol's second try at Kingsholm

In-form Bristol battled back to earn a bonus-point win against Gloucester in a captivating derby at Kingsholm.

They shared six tries in a breathless first half, with Josh Hathaway's score, a Santi Carreras interception try and Adam McBurney earning Gloucester a 24-19 half-time lead.

Hooker Gabriel Oghre's sumptuous try was the pick of Bristol's five tries.

Magnus Bradbury's second try levelled the scores before the excellent Benhard Janse van Rensburg sealed victory.

Van Rensburg's score in the corner finally settled a thrilling West Country tussle played in glorious sunshine and was a fitting way to cap an impressive individual display in a team performance full of character and quality.

Bristol's fourth league victory in a row takes them up a place to sixth in the Premiership table and keeps them well in the hunt for a top-four finish.

The Cherry and Whites contributed fully in the first half, but failed to add to their 24-point interval tally and remain in ninth place, having managed just four league wins this season.

They led when Hathaway kicked through and finished off his own good work to touch down.

Carreras added the extras and - after skipper Fitz Harding benefited from some van Rensburg brilliance to cross for a converted try for the visitors - the Argentine was soon slotting another conversion.

This time Carreras' kick followed his own good work, the fly-half picking off a loose pass and racing from deep in his own half to go over. Debutant McBurney then powered over for a third converted home try.

But Bristol responded in style, prompted by a stunning sidestep, surprising turn of pace and score by Oghre. AJ MacGinty added his second kick but failed to add the extras after Bradbury went over in the corner.

A Carreras penalty ensured a five-point half-time advantage for the hosts, but Bristol bossed things from then on.

The relentless end-to-end action was never close to being replicated, as the game took on a far more attritional feel in an increasingly tense contest.

The Cherry and Whites stood firm for 30 minutes in the face of strong pressure until Bradbury's simple score levelled matters.

MacGinty slotted the kick for a two-point lead and his fifth conversion, following van Rensburg's try, ended the scoring.

Gloucester head coach George Skivington told BBC Radio Gloucestershire:

"It was tight right until the end when we let them through with the try that leaves us with nothing.

"In the second half we hardly had any ball. We had a good first 25 minutes and then, the second half, the momentum was always with Bristol.

"We are disappointed with how we defended. There's no getting away from that. We sat off Bristol and paid them too much respect and gave them too much space. If you give a team like Bristol space, they throw the ball around and they find gaps.

"It was a very un-Gloucester-like defensive performance."

Bristol head coach Pat Lam told BBC Radio Bristol:

"I'm really pleased with the boys. We played as a team and showed good character.

"I said to the boys at half-time, 'we have given them tries but keep going, be fearless, don't be worried about making mistakes'. Rugby is not perfect, it is about how you react.

"I said, 'let's take them to an uncomfortable situation and keep coming at them. Let's not go into our shells'.

"Gabriel [Oghre] is an excellent player and if we play as a team then individuals will thrive. I don't really care who scores the tries. Our consistency comes from everyone doing their jobs for the team."

Gloucester: Evans; Hathaway, Harris, Llewellyn, Ollie Thorley; Carreras, Varney; Ford-Robinson, McBurney, Gotovtsev, Clarke, Jordan, Ackermann (c), Clement, Mercer.

Replacements: Crane, Rapava-Ruskin, Balmain, Tuisue, Ludlow, Englefield, Atkinson, May.

Bristol: Malins; Heward, van Rensburg, William. Ibitoye; MacGinty, Randall; Genge, Oghre, Sinckler, Dun, Batley, Luatua, Harding (c), Bradbury.

Replacements: Davies, Thomas, Lahiff, Owen, Heenan, Marmion, Ravouvou, Naulago.

Referee: Tom Foley

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