Bristol bash Bayonne
Bristol put one foot into the European Challenge Cup quarter-finals with a predictable mauling of Bayonne at the Memorial Stadium tonight.
With two pool matches left, tonight’s 48-6 win over the French minnows leaves Richard Hill’s team in the box seat for a home match in the play-offs.
They face a tricky game at the Newport Gwent Dragons in early January, but are virtually certain to pick up five points at home to Bucuresti in the final-round match.
Craig Morgan, Lee Robinson and back-rower Joe El Abd ran in tries in an entertaining opening half-hour, and England scrum-half Shaun Perry bagged the bonus-point try to give the home side a 24-3 lead at the break that was never going to be overtaken.
Perry scored his second shortly after the break, and Robinson went over twice in quick succession to complete his hat-trick and leave Bristol on 19 out of a possible 20 points in the opening four rounds of the tournament.
