Bristol have received encouraging reports over the fitness of Mat Turner and Ross Johnson – but are sweating on news about Bertrand Bedes amid fears he has suffered a serious knee injury.

Winger Turner and hooker Johnson hobbled off during the 36-10 Championship victory over Rotherham at the Memorial Stadium after turning their ankles.

Initial scans have shown the pair are not too badly hurt – although head coach Paul Hull is understandably keeping his cards close to his chest as to their chances of featuring at Bedford on Saturday.

But there is major concern over French No 8 Bedes – who damaged his knee inside the opening 11 minutes of his Bristol debut at the weekend – as Bristol Rugby await the results of the relevant medical tests.

"We have received information on Mat and Ross – and, fortunately, it doesn't look too bad for either of them," said Hull.

"We have to wait until the swelling goes right down, but at the moment it doesn't look like anything too serious, so there is positive news on that front.

"But we don't know about Bertrand yet – we are still waiting to hear how serious his injury is."

Hull has good depth in both the No 8 and wing departments – with Dan Montagu, James Phillips and Iain Grieve all capable of operating at the back of the scrum and Lee Robinson, Tom Arscott, Dan Norton and Luke Arscott comfortable on the wings.

But Johnson, along with David Blaney, is one of only two senior hookers in the Bristol Rugby squad, with teenager Ollie Hayes next in line.

"Our medical staff will assess the injuries and we'll announce a team for the Bedford match on Friday," said Hull.

Bristol have won all three of their Championship matches so far, taking 14 points from a possible 15 in the process. Bedford have exactly the same record – but are yet to concede a try, whereas Bristol have shipped six.

But Hull was pleased with both his side's attack and defence during periods of Sunday's six-try win over fellow Premiership old-boys Rotherham.

"We've had a good chance to review Sunday's game now – and both our attack and game-management were very good in the first half and we played with good intensity," said Hull.

"Then, in the second half, although we struggled to get out of our half, we defended very well.

"Maybe there were some game-management and tactical issues in that second half but we will learn from that and hopefully not get ourselves in the same position again. It certainly wasn't because of a lack of effort, because the guys really worked hard."