By PAUL REES

PREVIEW... Bristol v Ealing
Today. Kick-off 2.30pm
BRISTOL face ambitious Ealing Trailfinders at Ashton Gate today with Pat Lam confident last weekend’s mauling at Exeter will have long-term benefits for the Bears.
Bristol opened their Premiership Rugby Cup campaign with a 75-0 defeat at Sandy Park. Lam picked a side full of debutants because of the fixture 48 hours before against the Barbarians.
“We made the arrangement to play the Barbarians before the Premiership Rugby Cup was announced,” said Lam, Bristol’s director of rugby. “It...