Bristol hold off Leicester to win Premiership opener

Winger Gabriel Ibitoye scored two tries for Bristol and set up a third

Two tries from Gabriel Ibitoye helped Bristol open the new Premiership season with victory over Leicester.

Ibitoye doubled his tally with a stunning run from halfway, and two James Williams penalties saw Bristol open an unopposed 25-point gap.

Dan Kelly and Henro Liebenberg pulled two tries back but could not stop new Tigers head coach Dan McKellar's Premiership tenure beginning in defeat.

More to follow.

Bristol: Lane, Heward, Janse van Rensburg, Williams, Ibitoye, MacGinty, Randall; Woolmore, Thacker, Tyack, Dun, Batley, Harding (c), D. Thomas, Bradbury.

Replacements: Capon, Turner, Kloska, Caulfield, Luatua, Marmion, Vakatawa, O'Conor.

Leicester: Brown, Bassett, Porter, Kelly, Hassell-Collins, Atkinson, Powell; Van Wyk, Clare, Heyes, Henderson, Wells, Liebenberg (c), Cracknell, Rogerson.

Replacements: Dolly, Whitcombe, Hurd, Williams, Hatherell, Whiteley, Shillcock, Cokanasiga.

Referee: Ian Tempest

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