Bristol Bears knocking on the door of Franklin's Gardens

Saints’ convincing win over London Irish in Round 21 will put a spring in their step as they take the field in front of their home fans when they accept the challenge of the Bristol Bears. 

Saints would have been pleased with their attacking performance last week as they ran in 6 tries to defeat the Exiles: 

Bristol put in a decent shift to push Saracens close, but could not grab the win in the end: 

Saints currently find themselves in 6th spot on the log, just 1 point behind Gloucester.  

It has been an unexpectantly poor campaign by Bristol who find themselves in 10th position on the log after registering only 6 wins from 19 outings. 

The last time the teams met was in Round 9 at Ashton Gate where Saints prevailed: