Rugby / Bristol Bears
Fricker secures last-minute victory for Bears against Gloucester
The person responsible for the music at Ashton Gate got a little carried away with 90 seconds to go of this match.
The first few bars of Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) by C+C Music Factory were played over the tannoy when it looked as though Fitz Harding had barrelled over the line.
With the ball still in play, however, the volume was swiftly cut. But not for long as Toby Fricker dived over in the corner for his second of the evening to make it 29-28 to Bristol.
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That was how this match finished to then allow the DJ to cue up Drink Up Thy Cider by the Wurzels to celebrate what had only a few minutes earlier seemed like an unlikely victory – and one which ended in Pat Lam’s men being presented with the Rifles Cup and the sound of two bugles briefly replacing the stadium’s stereo system.
Main photo: JMP
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