Bristol Bears suffered their third straight defeat in the Gallagher Premiership on Saturday afternoon, going down 31-28 to Gloucester Rugby in an epic, wide-open contest at Kingsholm.
But while the result was the same as the last two weeks the performances were wildly improved from the Bears in contrast to the defeats to Newcastle Falcons and Exeter Chiefs.
In a contest that sew-sawed up and down, Gloucester led three times, only for Bristol to pull themselves level on each occasion, before prop Val Rapava-Ruskin’s second try just after the hour mark tied things up after the visitors had gone in front.
