Bears mark MacGinty’s return with bonus-point win over Saints
Bristol Bears beat defending champions Northampton Saints 41-26 at Ashton Gate in their first home Premiership game of the season, with AJ MacGinty back in the side.
AJ MacGinty said it was “a really special feeling to be back” as Bristol Bears prepared for their first Gallagher Premiership home game of the season against Northampton Saints [1]. In that match, Bristol Bears beat the defending champions 41-26 in front of 20,756 fans at Ashton Gate, with Louis Rees-Zammit scoring a second brace in as many games and the team claiming a bonus-point victory [2]. The club’s Family Day gallery said more than 20,000 people packed into Ashton Gate to watch the Bears beat the reigning champions [3].
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