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Bristol Bears vs Leicester Tigers · Premiership Rugby

Premiership Rugby · 2025-26Full time
Bristol Bears
42–24
Leicester Tigers

Match report

Bristol Bears beat Leicester Tigers 42-24 at Ashton Gate, Bristol in round 1 of the Premiership Rugby on Sunday, 28 September 2025.

Anthony Woodthorpe refereed.

Written automatically from the match data; updated as results come in.

Head to head

4
Bristol Bears wins (40%)
1
Draws (10%)
5
Leicester Tigers wins (50%)

Last 10 meetings, since December 2021

Biggest Bristol Bears win
54–24
21 Dec 2024
Biggest Leicester Tigers win
56–26
30 Apr 2022

Last 5 meetings

  • 22 Mar 2026 · Premiership Rugby
    Leicester Tigers33
    Bristol Bears19
  • 28 Sept 2025 · Premiership Rugby
    Bristol Bears42
    Leicester Tigers24
  • 20 Apr 2025 · Premiership Rugby
    Bristol Bears19
    Leicester Tigers36
  • 21 Dec 2024 · Premiership Rugby
    Leicester Tigers24
    Bristol Bears54
  • 27 Apr 2024 · Premiership Rugby
    Leicester Tigers19
    Bristol Bears21

Lineups

Avg. age
28.8
Avg. age
26.9

Bristol Bears

  1. 1Jake Woolmore
  2. 2Gabriel Oghre
  3. 3George Kloska
  4. 4James Dun
  5. 5Joe Batley
  6. 6Steven Luatua
  7. 7Fitz Harding
  8. 8Ben Grondona
  9. 9Harry Randall
  10. 10Alan MacGinty
  11. 11Gabriel Ibitoye
  12. 12Barend Janse van Rensburg
  13. 13Joe Jenkins
  14. 15Tom Jordan
Replacements
  1. 16Harry Thacker
  2. 17Sam Grahamslaw
  3. 18Leroy Chawatama
  4. 19Joe Owen
  5. 20Viliame Sevaka Mata
  6. 21Kieran Marmion
  7. 22Kalaveti Ravouvou
  8. 23Josh Carrington

Leicester Tigers

  1. 1Nicky Smith
  2. 2Jamie Blamire
  3. 3Joe Heyes
  4. 4Cameron Henderson
  5. 6Hanro Liebenberg
  6. 7Emeka Ilione
  7. 8Olly Cracknell
  8. 9Jack Van Poortvliet
  9. 10Orlando Bailey
  10. 11Ollie Hassell-Collins
  11. 12Joseph Woodward
  12. 13Will Wand
  13. 14Adam Radwan
  14. 15Freddie Steward
Replacements
  1. 16Charlie Clare
  2. 17Tarek Haffar
  3. 18Will Hurd
  4. 19Josh Manz
  5. 20Joaquín Moro
  6. 21Tom Whiteley
  7. 22Billy Searle
  8. 23Solomone Kata