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Bristol 13 - Leeds 13 Bristol and Leeds Carnegie, both of whom had nothing to play for in the EDF Energy Cup, drew 13-13 in front of just 5,751 at the Memorial Stadium. Bristol welcomed back skipper Matt Salter, who had missed the last two matches with a neck injury, at blindside flanker while Kevin Maggs made his first appearance of the season since rejoining the club from Ulster in the summer. Bristol dominated the early stages, pinnning Leeds back in their own half, but they managed to keep their line intact until midway through the half when hooker David Blaney broke through a slack defence. Fly-half Jason Strange, who had made the initial break, duly added the extras from out wide. The home side were reduced to 14 men on the half hour when lock Dave Attwood was sent to the sin-bin for 10 minutes for offside and fly-half James Brooks kicked the resulting penalty. On the stroke of half-time Strange landed a 40-metre penalty when Leeds were caught not releasing the ball at the tackle to give Bristol a 10-3 lead. |
Two minutes after the interval Brooks, now with the wind at his back, kicked a 22m penalty before the visitors took the lead for the first time five minutes later through Norway lock Erik Lund, with Brooks adding the conversion. Bristol wasted an opportunity to level the scores 10 minutes later from a penalty which they opted to kick for the corner. With under 15 minutes remaining Strange leveled the scores at 13-13 with a penalty kick. FOR DETAILED MATCH REPORTS VISIT THE BRISTOL RUGBY WEBSITE AT OR
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Dave Attwood freshens up
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Sam Cox offloads
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No way through for Brian O'Riordan
