By PAUL REES

PAT LAM believes he and Bristol will benefit from their struggles this season, the first time the graph has pointed downwards in the Samoan’s four years at the club.
The Bears’ target this season was to make the Premiership final, one that will be missed unless they win most of their remaining 12 matches of the regular campaign which include trips to Leicester and Saracens.
“I am enjoying it,” said Lam, Bristol’s director of rugby. “This is what coaching is about, a challenge. I have been here many times before as a coach. You have...