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Bristol Bears vs Sale Sharks · Premiership Rugby

Premiership Rugby · 2025-26Full time
Bristol Bears
19–17
Sale Sharks

Match report

Bristol Bears beat Sale Sharks 19-17 at Ashton Gate, Bristol in round 9 of the Premiership Rugby on Friday, 2 January 2026.

That makes it four wins in a row for Bristol Bears. Joe James refereed.

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

Head to head

3
Bristol Bears wins (30%)
0
Draws (0%)
7
Sale Sharks wins (70%)

Last 10 meetings, since April 2023

Biggest Bristol Bears win
34–24
26 Sept 2026
Biggest Sale Sharks win
38–0
27 Dec 2024

Last 5 meetings

  • 26 Sept 2026 · Premiership Rugby
    Sale Sharks24
    Bristol Bears34
  • 6 Jun 2026 · Premiership Rugby
    Sale Sharks38
    Bristol Bears17
  • 28 Feb 2026 · Premiership Rugby Cup
    Bristol Bears36
    Sale Sharks41
  • 2 Jan 2026 · Premiership Rugby
    Bristol Bears19
    Sale Sharks17
  • 13 Sept 2025 · Premiership Rugby Cup
    Sale Sharks24
    Bristol Bears15

Lineups

Avg. age
28.4
Avg. age
28.2

Bristol Bears

  1. 1Ellis Genge
  2. 2Gabriel Oghre
  3. 3Leroy Chawatama
  4. 4Pedro Rubiolo
  5. 5Joe Owen
  6. 6Santiago Grondona
  7. 7Fitz Harding
  8. 8Viliame Sevaka Mata
  9. 9Harry Randall
  10. 10Tom Jordan
  11. 11Kalaveti Ravouvou
  12. 12James Williams
  13. 13Barend Janse van Rensburg
  14. 15Louis Rees-Zammit
Replacements
  1. 16Harry Thacker
  2. 17Max Lahiff
  3. 18George Kloska
  4. 19George Taylor
  5. 20Ben Grondona
  6. 21Kieran Marmion
  7. 22Sam Worsley
  8. 23Noah Heward

Sale Sharks

  1. 1Bevan Rodd
  2. 2Luke Cowan-Dickie
  3. 3James Harper
  4. 4Ben Bamber
  5. 5Ernst Van Rhyn
  6. 6Jacques Vermeulen
  7. 7Sam Dugdale
  8. 8Tom Curry
  9. 9Raffi Quirke
  10. 10George Ford
  11. 11Alex Wills
  12. 13Robert du Preez
  13. 14Tom O'Flaherty
  14. 15Joseph Carpenter
Replacements
  1. 16Nathan Jibulu
  2. 17Simon McIntyre
  3. 18Patreece Bell
  4. 19Tom Burrow
  5. 20Jos Gilmore
  6. 21Gus Warr
  7. 22Marius Louw
  8. 23Gurshwin Wehr