Bristol put their surprise opening defeat to Bedford behind them with a convincing bonus-point 36-22 win at promotion rivals London Welsh yesterday.
Charlie Amesbury, Tom Varnell, Adrian Jarvis, who also kicked a penalty, and Jack Tovey all went over to secure the try bonus-point while Gavin Henson kicked two conversions and three penalties from the tee.
A try from Martyn Thomas and a conversion and penalty from Joe Carlisle kept the Exiles in the game as they only trailed 15-10 at the break but Bristol pulled away in the second half despite Ben Cooper and Nic Reynolds crossing for Welsh.
Meanwhile, a powerful display from Yorkshire Carnegie saw them win the derby against Rotherham 20-11.
Chris Walker and Charlie Beech were the try scorers for the Leeds outfit with Harry Leonard kicking two penalties and a conversion to go with David Doherty’s conversion.
The Titans could only cross the line once through replacement George Oram in the second half after Tom Barrett kicked two penalties in the first half.
Another Yorkshire team won on the road yesterday as Doncaster came back from Nottingham with a 36-30 bonus-point win.
The Knights were trailing 18-14 at the break after Vili Longi and Rob Langley crossed for the hosts.
Paul Grant extended the lead early in the second half but Doncaster put the game to bed with three tries in 16 minutes through Ollie Stedman, Latu Makaafi and a penalty one.
A last-gasp effort from Billy Robinson secured both bonus points for Nottingham.