Leicester 24-54 Bristol: Bears thrash Tigers to earn record 10th successive away win
Leicester Tigers (12) 24
Tries: Hassell-Collins 2, Steward, Bassett Cons: Pollard 2
Bristol Bears (40) 54
Tries: Oghre 2, Ravouvou 2, Mata, Lane, Ibitoye, Janse van Rensburg Cons: MacGinty 3, Worsley 4
Bristol Bears demolished Leicester Tigers at Mattioli Woods Welford Road as they earned a record-breaking 10th straight Premiership win on the road to go top of the table.
Tigers winger Ollie Hassell-Collins and Bristol hooker Gabriel Oghre traded two tries apiece in a frenetic opening 20 minutes, which also saw Kalaveti Ravouvou cross for the visitors.
Further tries from Viliame Mata, Rich Lane and Gabriel Ibitoye had Bristol cruising with a 40-12 lead at the break.
Freddie Steward hit back for Tigers early in the second half, but a Benhard Janse van Rensburg score and a second from Ravouvou saw the Tigers give up a record amount of points at home in a Premiership game, before Josh Bassett grabbed a late consolation.
More to follow.
Leicester Tigers: Steward; Bassett, Wand, Kata, Hassell-Collins; Pollard, Youngs; Smith, Montoya, Heyes; Henderson, Martin, Liebenberg, Reffell, Cracknell.
Replacements: Clare, Whitcombe, Hurd, Holloway, Ilione, Van Poortvliet, Shillcock, Woodward.
Bristol Bears: Lane; Bates, Ravouvou, Janse Van Rensburg, Ibitoye; MacGinty, Randall; Genge, Oghre, Kloska; Dun, Owen, Luatua, Harding, Mata.
Replacements: Thacker, Woolmore, Halliwell, Hodgson, B. Grondona, Marmion, Worsley, Elizalde.
Sin-bin: Oghre (49 mins).
Referee: Hamish Smales.