Bristol boss Pat Lam was frustrated by injuries and poor discipline for a defeat which leaves his team struggling to make the play-offs.
“It’s going to be difficult and it will go down to the wire,” he said. “We’ve only ourselves to blame for our poor discipline though the scoreline does not reflect the chances we had.
“We showed glimpses of what we could do but we put ourselves under pressure through our own mistakes.”
Bristol were also hit by a late rejig when lock Joe Joyce hurt an elbow in the warm up. That was followed by flanker Sam Lewis being helped off after six minutes with a leg p...