But after a clutch kick to the corner from Searle, Chessum claimed a line-out to put Leicester into range from where Perese finished. Searle missed the conversion but a third penalty took them 28-19 clear before Hamer-Webb’s late fireworks.
Match details
Scores: 5-0, Moro try; 7-0, Searle con; 12-0, Liebenberg try; 14-0, Searle con; 14-5, Harding try; 14-7, Worsley con; 14-12, Ravouvou try; 17-12, Searle pen; 20-12, Searle pen; 20-17, Harding try; 20-19, Williams con; 25-19, Perese try; 28-19, Searle pen; 33-19, Hamer-Webb try.
Leicester Tigers: F Steward; G Hamer-Webb, W Wand (I Perese 52), O Bailey, O Hassell-Collins; B Searle, T Whiteley (J Van Poortvliet 48); N Smith (A van der Flier 52), J Blamire (F Theobald-Thomas 72), J Heyes (W Hurd 59), H Leibenberg, O Chessum, J Moro, H Watson, O Cracknell (H Palmer 53).
Bristol Bears: N Heward (A Boshoff 70), K Ravouvou, B Janes van Rensburg, J Williams, G Ibitoye; S Worsley (M Moroni 47), H Randall (K Marmion 58); J Woolmore, G Oghre, G Kloska (L Chawatama 68), J Dun, J Owen, S Luatua (G Taylor 58), F Harding, V Mata (S Grondona 51).