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After half-time, Mafi was sin-binned after a high tackle on Rob Kearney but O'Gara kicked the 14 men back in front after Gordon D'Arcy had transgressed at a ruck.
Johnson's side clawed themselves back to within a point but again played 20 minutes with 14 players after the sin-binning of Danny Care and Phil Vickery.
On 59 minutes Bristol lost Crompton to the sin bin after the prop tackled Tom Shanklin high, although Blair was short with the resulting long-range penalty attempt.