Sarries overcome Bears at soggy Shaftesbury Park

BRISTOL Bears tasted a 33-12 defeat at the hands of Saracens in round three of their PWR campaign at a rain-drenched Shaftesbury Park.

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Scotland's Evie Gallagher scored one of the Bristol tries

Bears tries came from Ella Lovibond and the impressive Evie Gallagher, with Saracens running in five tries to secure themselves a statement bonus-point victory.

Bristol got off to a flyer as early as the ninth minute when Lovibond sidestepped her way to the line on the back of patient forward play. Working through the phases with the likes of Sarah Bern and Abbie Ward carrying hard, Lovibond took the initiative from a Keira Bevan pass to dive over.