Heavyweight Ben Glynn ready to land the knockout in Round 2

Bristol may already have one foot in the Premiership, but lock Ben Glynn has challenged his teammates to leave nothing to chance by winning the second leg of the final against Doncaster on Wednesday.
Following their 28-13 victory at Castle Park last Wednesday, it will take an unprecedented turn of events for the Knights to win at Ashton Gate by more than 15 points.
But Glynn’s argument is formed by his side’s first half at Castle Park where they were under huge pressure. The scrum struggled and they went down to 14 men after Tom Varndell was sent to the bin. They even trailed 13-11 at the break.
It took two quick tries at the start of the second half for Bristol to pull away so Glynn knows they will have to improve their discipline if they want avoid losing their third consecutive Championship final.
“Having a 15 point advantage is nice going into the second leg but we want to win the second game,” the 6ft 5in 18st plus second-row told The Rugby Paper.
“We know the Knights are going to come out all guns blazing so it’s up to us to keep our composure and stick to our processes.
“It’s important for us to treat this game separately and not look at the scoreboard too much. We’ll leave the tactics to the coaches and the captain while the rest of us will focus on our performance.
“Doncaster put us under pressure at the scrum last week but we’ve reviewed the game and worked out a plan to stop them.
“The other big thing will be our discipline. We’ll have to make sure we don’t give away too many penalties or go down to 14 men again to avoid giving Doncaster a foot-hold on the game.”
Glynn packed down next to British & Irish Lion Ian Evans and, while the Welsh star’s efforts were rewarded by the man-of-the-match award, Glynn had Bristol’s third try to show for his industrious performance.
A shoulder injury saw him miss ten games between October and December but, since the New Year, the 25-year-old has managed to work his way into Andy Robinson’s side making 11 appearances, and is now hoping a twelfth will come on Wednesday for what promises to be a great occasion in front of a sell-out home crowd.
He added: “It’s great to pack down alongside a player of Ian’s experience. He’s a calm head under pressure because he’s been in very important games in his career.
“He always talks on the pitch and he did it again on Wednesday when we went down to 14 men. It makes it a lot easier to keep your composure and making sure we keep doing our jobs. We managed to score our first try being a man down and that just shows the composure this group has.
“Personally, it was pleasing to get on the scoresheet after what had been a frustrating season with that injury before Christmas holding me back.
“But I’ve been fit in the second part of the season which allowed me to compete for a spot. Hopefully I can play one more game this season and celebrate Bristol’s return to the Premiership.”
Like Glynn, boss Andy Robinson wants to see discipline improve against a side that has the maul weapon to make Bristol pay given the chance.
Robinson said: “Our discipline has to improve. If we give three penalties away and Doncaster gets three mauls over the line, that could be 21 points very easy to concede. It only takes 20 seconds to score a try. We’ve got a huge performance to put in.”
NICK VERDIER