BRISTOL Bears head coach Dave Ward refused to be too downbeat despite seeing his side’s slip to defeat in their first-ever Premiership Women’s Rugby final.
He said: “It’s going to be a tricky one to swallow tonight and the next few weeks, but we can’t think about it too long as the season begins in about eight weeks’ time.
“We’ll be playing that first league game before we know it. As a side, though, we continue to get better every season – and the only way we can get better next season is by winning it. That’s our...