Bristol climbed above Exeter and into the top four in the English Prem with an emphatic 52-19 win over bottom club Newcastle on Friday.
Rich Lane limped off immediately after opening the scoring, with replacement Kalaveti Ravouvou scoring Bristol's second try moments later.
Tom Jordan went over again before the break and Noah Heward bagged Bristol's bonus-point try just after half-time, while former Newcastle centre Matias Moroni also got on the scoresheet.
Benhard Janse van Rensburg bagged two tries before Harry Thacker rubber-stamped an emphatic Bristol win, which puts them one point ahead of play-off rivals Exeter, who can regain fourth spot when they travel to Gloucester on Sunday.
It was a 13th defeat in 14 matches for Newcastle, who battled hard but were repeatedly broken open from the off.
Adam Brocklebank grabbed a try in the first half for the home side, with further scores in the second from Christian Wade and Josh Hodge.
Earlier on Friday it was announced that Dan McFarland will be Newcastle's head coach next season.