Bristol Slip to Defeat in Game of Two Halves ; Bristol Slipped to a Third Successive Guinness Premiership Defeat Last Night - but Made Title-Chasing Sale Work Hard for the Four Points That Took Them Back Into the Play-Off Places.

Evening Post (Bristol, UK) › April 13, 2008

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Bristol slipped to a third successive Guinness Premiership defeat last night - but made title-chasing Sale work hard for the four points that took them back into the play-off places.

After the first half had ended without a single point being registered, the second half broke out into an entertaining attacking spectacle with five tries being scored.

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Bristol Slip to Defeat in Game of Two Halves ; Bristol Slipped to a Third Successive Guinness Premiership Defeat Last Night - but Made Title-Chasing Sale Work Hard for the Four Points That Took Them Back Into the Play-Off Places.

Bristol had led 10-7 through a Neil Brew try and a penalty and conversion from Ed Barnes - but Sale then ran in 17 unanswered points to take a 24-10 lead into the closing stages.

But David Lemi crossed and Jason Strange converted in the final minutes to give B...

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