• Bristol 42-24 Leicester

• Bears ruin Tigers coach Geoff Parling’s first game

Louis Rees-Zammit marked his Prem debut for Bristol with the ­crowning try in a breathless victory over ­Leicester that will whet the ­appetite for what is to come from the flying Welshman.

Rees-Zammit’s 60-metre effort, 20 seconds from the end of a ­compelling contest, delivered the climactic moment for a crowd of 20,796 at Ashton Gate. The game was won by that point but the sight of the wing at full bore, leaving Leicester’s defence for dust, was one to savour.

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