Bristol Bears finished strongly to comeback in the final quarter of the game and beat the Dragons 45-28 at Rodney Parade in their second pre-season game of the summer.
After losing 22-17 to Brive last weekend out in France, a brace of tries from Henry Purdy in the final five minutes of match over the bridge in Wales saw the Premiership side pull away to secure victory in a hard-fought contest which will have taught both sides’ directors of rugby plenty of things.
Bristol took the lead inside the opening couple of minutes with the first of a duo of powerful driving maul tries. Hooker Bryan Byrne was the man to touch the ball down with Callum Sheedy converting.
