BRISTOL director of rugby Pat Lam was proud of the guts his side showed. He said: “I’m pleased with that and proud of the boys. We have never won up here before in my time and we knew it would be tough and physical.
“I thought the guts we showed was unbelievable, we certainly didn’t look like a team in 10th place in the Premiership. And now we look forward to the ‘second half ’ of this tie in front of our own supporters.”
Lam added: “We were disappointed with our defence against Northampton but Sam Bedlow did well and that’...