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Champions: Bristol enjoy their bubbly – but will it be a sober season to come?
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Challenge: Pat Lam

BRISTOL know from harsh experience that if their front five forwards are not up to scratch next season they can kiss goodbye to any hopes of Premiership survival.
That’s why, as the champagne corks popped at Ashton Gate last weekend when Bristol secured their second Premiership promotion in three years in front of a 13,000 crowd by overwhelming Doncaster, the bubbly should have...