BRISTOL coach Pat Lam hasn’t given up yet although his side face a massive task to qualify for the quarter-finals now after falling to Clermont at the first hurdle.
“We are not overawed by this tournament – it is great to be part of it,” he said. “You don’t know what is around the corner in the sense of other results. This time next week, we will know where it lies. It is only four teams out of 12 that will reach the quarterfinals in our pool, and there are some pretty good teams in our pool.

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