Overview

• Bristol hooker Gabriel Oghre finished a driving maul on 56 minutes before Sam Worsley added the conversion and a last‑minute penalty to clinch the result.
• Fly‑half Tom Jordan received a 20‑minute red card for a high tackle on No 8 Ross Vintcent, intensifying the pressure on a squad already short of backs.
• Wings Josh Carrington and Jack Bates failed head‑injury assessments, forcing Bristol to reshuffle their backline for long periods.
• Exeter had two second‑half scores ruled out after reviews, including a maul try overturned for lineout infringements following TMO intervention.
• Exeter’s Rob Baxter lamented a “zombie‑like” response and questioned the consistency of the lineout call, while Pat Lam praised Bristol’s resilience after a week in which his group only trained together on Thursday with 15 players sidelined.