Wham bam! Lam given ideal start to Bristol adventure

By NEALE HARVEY

Killer Bear: Alapati Leiua scores the late winning try for Bristol
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No way through: Jamie Roberts breaks with the ball for Bath

FANTASTIC occasion, sensational result for Bristol.
At the end of a week in which Nigel Melville, the RFU’s professional rugby director, had unhelpfully suggested ringfencing could be back on the agenda if Bristol were relegated, Pat Lam’s men delivered big time to send Bath into a tailspin of woe.
Make no mistake, this was no performance of beauty. Bath had more than enough chances to win a contest they twice...

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