Bristol Bears suffered their third successive high-scoring defeat to Harlequins on Sunday, going down 38-29 at Ashton Gate as the West London side completed a season double.
Last June, Harlequins triumphed 43-36 in an earth-shattering play-off semi-final to derail Bristol's season and this time around the Londoners triumphed 38-29 in a game of 10 tries having won 52-24 at the Twickenham Stoop back in October.
Bristol crucially conceded 14 points in the first four minutes on Sunday before losing flankers Steven Luatua and Sam Jeffries with injuries and their ill-luck continued when another back-rower, Fitz Harding, picked up a dubious yellow card in the closing quarter to hand Harlequins the advantage they needed to claim victory.
