This was never going to be boring, no matter what the stakes. Sure enough, we had another breathless, see-sawing encounter, the Premiership’s two most entertaining sides, which means very, very entertaining, running in tries against each other with abandon. The wonder is, it all came to naught.
Neither side could ever feel quite comfortable with their leads, so unpredictable are both, but Bristol must have thought they had done enough. Alas, the least likely result of the day, across London, saw to it that this seven-try away win was not enough. Sale’s first league win at the StoneX Stadium meant Bristol fall two points short of the playoffs.
