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Hull: Results all that matter now

Bristol head coach Paul Hull admitted good performances are of no use at this stage of the season after a 23-17 home defeat at the hands of Leicester.

Tigers' fourth victory in a row took them to the top of the Guinness Premiership table but rock-bottom Bristol, who took a losing bonus point, made them battle all the way for the win.

"We are bitterly disappointed by the defeat. We do want good performances, we do want to improve our game plan, but at the end of the day you do want to win games," said Hull.

"We got ourselves in a very good position at half-time and we started the second half quite strongly.

"But nine penalties and a free-kick against us didn't contribute to us getting any field position and Leicester capitalised on that.

"This is our fourth week of training and working towards my philosophy as a coach but it is going to take time. I know that and so do the players are they are excited about playing the new style.

"I have only been in charge for a few weeks and we had a good meeting of the players and coaches where we set out our goals. We know where we are, we can't change that but what we will do is try to improve our performances."

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