Reds thrash the Bears 82-21 in trial match

The Queensland Reds have begun their Shop N Save Super Rugby Pacific pre-season in style, with six tries in each half propelling the Reds to an 82-21 victory over English Premiership side Bristol Bears at Ashton Gate.

Jock Campbell scored a second-half hat-trick, and Filipo Daugunu scored a double in his first game for Queensland in eighteen months and his first since returning from a broken leg suffered on Wallaby duty.

Flanker Fraser McReight also scored a double, while half-centurion Kalani Thomas scored with his first touch to elicit plenty of noise from the few hundred Queensland fans sprinkled into a big crowd.

Tom Lynagh nailed seven from seven with the majority out wide, while Harry McLaughlin-Phillips also kicked at 100 percent (4 from 4). Importantly, the Reds had no injuries to report.

Reds Head Coach Les Kiss was pleased with the result and how his side gelled together in their first game of the year.

In other trial matches, the Blues defeated the Crusaders 35-19, the Highlanders beat Moana Pasifika 26-21, the Brumbies drew 36-all with the Waratahs, and the Chiefs edged the Hurricanes 43-40.

[Source: Queensland Reds]