By GARY FITZGERALD
Perpignan.......... 5pts
Tries: Shahn 40
Bristol Bears... 19pts
Tries: Piutau 3, Harding 11, Jenkins 34
Conversions: MacGinty 4, 12
JORDAN Crane saluted Bears’ “best 80-minute performance of the season so far” as they swept Perpignan aside with a mixture of style and substance at the Stade Aime Giral.
The Premiership strugglers put their domestic strife to one side and tries from Charles Piutau, Fitz Harding and teenager Joe Jenkins ensured they made a flying start to their bid to follow up their 2020 Challenge cup triumph.
It was just...