Castres ............30
Bristol ..............21
TAPU Falatea’s late try double helped Castres edge out Pat Lam’s Bristol outfit in an entertaining preseason encounter on Thursday.
Bristol led midway through the second period, thanks to tries from Dan Thomas, Mat Protheroe and Toby Fricker, but were pegged back by Falatea’s late surge.
After an early penalty from Ben Lapeyre for the hosts, Bristol posted the first try at Stade de la Balmette when flanker Thomas exploited a gap to go under the posts for a converted score.
Protheroe added a quickfire second soon after when th...