RECAP: Bristol Bears v London Irish

READERS' FORUM: Welcome to the Premiership Round Five match between Bristol Bears and London Irish at Ashton Gate.

Bristol Bears' only defeat in their last six matches in all competitions was 17-22 at Harlequins in Round Two of the Premiership.

Bristol is unbeaten in their last seven matches in all tournaments at Ashton Gate - since Worcester beat them there in the Premiership in March.

London Irish beat Leicester 36-11 at Madejski Stadium in Round Four, but have not won successive matches in the Premiership since April 2015.

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Teams:

Bristol Bears: 15 Charles Piutau, 14 Luke Morahan, 13 Piers O’Conor, 12 Siale Piutau, 11 Toby Fricker, 10 Callum Sheedy, 9 Andy Uren, 8 Nathan Hughes, 7 Dan Thomas, 6 Steven Luatua (captain), 5 Chris Vui, 4 Joe Joyce, 3 John Afoa, 2 Harry Thacker, 1 Jake Woolmore.

Replacements: 16 Will Capon, 17 Yann Thomas, 18 Max Lahiff, 19 Ed Holmes, 20 Luke Hamilton, 21 Harry Randall, 22 Ioan Lloyd, 23 Alapati Leiua.

London Irish: 15 Paddy Jackson, 14 Waisake Naholo, 13 Tom Stephenson, 12 Terrence Hepetema, 11 Curtis Rona, 10 Stephen Myler, 9 Ben Meehan, 8 Albert Tuisue, 7 Blair Cowan, 6 Matt Rogerson, 5 Franco van der Merwe (captain), 4 Ruan Botha, 3 Ollie Hoskins, 2 Saia Fainga’a, 1 Danny Hobbs-Awoyemi.

Replacements: 16 Motu Matu’u, 17 Harry Elrington, 18 Lovejoy Chawatama, 19 Adam Coleman, 20 Steve Mafi, 21 TJ Ioane, 22 Nick Phipps, 23 Tom Parton

Referee: Wayne Barnes

Assistant Referees: Christophe Ridley & Paul Dix.

TMO: Stuart Terheege.