London Welsh beat Bristol and will return to Premiership

London Welsh will play in the Premiership again next season after beating Bristol 21-20 in the second leg of the Greene King IPA Championship final.
Their second win in as many weeks against the West Contry side means they triumphed 48-28 on aggregate and will replace Worcested in England’s top-tier after only one year in the second.
The Exiles took a 19-point advantage to a packed Memorial Stadium and played a near-perfect game under the rain with their defensive line stopping Bristol in their tracks and Gordon Ross kicking them back at every given opportunity.
The former Scotland international kept the Exiles in the game with 11 points from the boot while flanker Carl Kirwan and wing Seb Stegmann scored two late tries to steal the win.
Bristol gave their all scoring three tries through wing Andy Short, No.8 Mitch Eadie and replacement Adam Hughes but were not helped by fly-half Nicky Robinson who missed three penalties and two conversions.
Read the full report, analysis and reaction in Sunday’s copy of The Rugby Paper.