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We’ll fix things for next week says Bristol Bears boss Lam

13 December 2020 1 comment

Bristol director of rugby Pat Lam reacts to his team’s 51-38 defeat to Clermont Auvergne in the Champions Cup

TEAMS: Malins, Sheedy and Earl all back for Champions Cup opener

11 December 2020 0 comments

Bristol Bears and Clermont kick off Saturday’s action in Round 1 of the new Champions Cup season

Bristol’s super sub Sam Bedlow kicks Saints into submission

6 December 2020 0 comments

All the drama from Bristol’s last-gasp victory over Northampton Saints on Friday night, when Sam Bedlow was the hero

South Africans provide great bang for your buck, says Schalk Brits

2 December 2020 0 comments

There are only two Premiership clubs who have no South Africans amongst their squad

Bristol lead race for out-of-favour Leicester No.10 Tom Hardwick

2 December 2020 0 comments

Hardwick is one of five fly-halves at Welford Road after Tigers recruited heavily at the position this year

Cleall double helps Sarries earn another bonus

29 November 2020 1 comment

By NATHAN ROCHE Bristol Bears ..10 Saracens ……..36 POPPY Cleall scored twice on her return from England duty to secure another bonus point victory for […]

Eddie Jones has to fast track Max Malins says Healey

26 November 2020 0 comments

Austin Healey believes Max Malins can be the biggest difference maker to England’s backline of the new faces among Jones’ autumn squad

Jackson column: Star-maker Ioan Cunningham’s time with Wales must come

26 November 2020 0 comments

With Wayne Pivac’s faltering national side and no Welshman in charge at a region, Peter Jackson points to a coach who can lift the depression on Welsh rugby

Squad lists and opening fixtures for all 12 Premiership clubs ahead of new 2020-21 season

19 November 2020 0 comments

An overview of each club ahead of the start of a new Premiership season on Friday night

Bonar grabs bonus with Bears stuck in the mud

15 November 2020 0 comments

Bristol Bears ….3 Glo-Hartpury …28 By BETH WRIGHT GLOUCESTER-HARTPURY handled the dreary conditions better than their hosts at Shaftesbury Park to claim west country bragging […]

Ruthless Wasps hit Sharks for the big century

8 November 2020 0 comments

By NATHAN ROCHE FOR the second time this season DMP Sharks shipped over 100 points, this time at the hands of Wasps at Twyford Avenue […]

Bears maul Sharks as Neilson lands a double

8 November 2020 2 comments

By CARL LEE BRISTOL BEARS overcame Sale Sharks to extend their winless start to the Premier 15s season, but it was through no lack of […]

TEAMS: Four senior Wasps players to miss Premiership final

23 October 2020 0 comments

Read what Lee Blackett and Rob Baxter had to say after announcing their teams to play at Twickenham

This is just the start of something special – Bristol chairman Chris Booy

21 October 2020 0 comments

Challenge Cup glory is a huge stride forward for Bears who since their Championship days only two years ago

DREAMTEAM

18 October 2020 0 comments

WAYNE THOMPSON, JUNIOR ACADEMY MANAGER AT HARTPURY COLLEGE AND FORMER BRISTOL, HARTPURY AND ENGLAND U21 PROP, CHOOSES THE BEST XV HE’S PLAYED WITH OR AGAINST… […]

Steven Luatua a late withdrawal from Bristol squad

16 October 2020 0 comments

Bristol Bears captain to remain in England to attend birth of his child and miss Challenge Cup final

Uren: We know Toulon’s history, but we are the team with world-class players now

15 October 2020 0 comments

Bristol Bears No.9 Andy Uren previews the Challenge Cup final and reminisces on his memories of his boyhood club

Premiership Rugby on alert after seven positive tests at Wasps

14 October 2020 0 comments

Bristol, Wasps opponents on Saturday, are believed to be unaffected

Earl’s try speed tops them all

11 October 2020 3 comments

BEN Earl has set a strike rate record for Premiership try-scorers with each of his 11 tries this season coming at an average of one […]

Davies double downs Sale

11 October 2020 0 comments

By JAMAL NIAZ Sale Sharks……7 Loughboro’ L.29 LARK Davies’ try double condemned Sale Sharks to defeat on their Premier 15s debut at Heywood Road. Sale […]

TEAMS: No Charles Piutau for Bristol’s trip to Ricoh

9 October 2020 0 comments

Full team news ahead of this weekend’s showdowns at the Ricoh Arena and Sandy Park

Bristol Bears flanker Ben Earl sets new Premiership record

7 October 2020 0 comments

Earl and Gloucester wing Ollie Thorley set to finish as joint-top tryscorers – but what sets the back row apart?

‘Double-figure’ positive tests at Sale Sharks leave Premiership finale in doubt

2 October 2020 0 comments

On the eve of the final round of the Premiership season play-off chasing Sale Sharks have had a number of players test positive for COVID-19. […]

Premiership play-off race going down to the wire

28 September 2020 0 comments

Nick Cain looks at the Premiership run-in with three play-off places still up for grabs

TEAMS: McCall sticks by the Saracens who overcame Leinster

25 September 2020 0 comments

Full teams for the Champions Cup and Challenge Cup semi-finals this weekend

Bristol Bears’ Callum Sheedy can fit Wales’ present need at No.10 this autumn

22 September 2020 0 comments

Bears director of rugby Pat Lam says he trusts Sheedy enough to know the fly-half can operate on the Test stage

Young Guns: Bristol Bears winger Jack Bates

16 September 2020 0 comments

Bates made his Premiership debut for Bristol against Sale Sharks a fortnight ago, showing impressive defence

Will Hurrell takes first step into coaching after retirement

15 September 2020 0 comments

Former Bristol Bears centre Will Hurrell to embark on coaching career at the age of 30

Bristol Bears appeal three-game ban for Siale Piutau

10 September 2020 0 comments

A hearing with an appeals panel will now take place on Thursday, as Alan Solomons offers his views on the matter

Pat Lam uses post-match interview to vent frustration over Siale Piutau ban

9 September 2020 0 comments

Bristol Bears director of rugby Pat Lam wants to see a ‘shake-up’ of the citing and mitigation process

Tackling Radradra? I used to face Billy Vunipola in training, says Nick Tompkins

3 September 2020 0 comments

Dragons centre Nick Tompkins is already looking forward to the Challenge Cup quarter-final against Bristol Bears

Guscott column: Title race is done, no-one will get near Exeter

2 September 2020 0 comments

All bets are off for the Premiership race in the eyes of Jeremy Guscott after watching Exeter’s win over Bristol

‘Homely’ Chiefs don’t need Bears’ cash riches

30 August 2020 0 comments

EXETER Chiefs’ secondstring scored a famous win at Ashton Gate on Tuesday night with a squad of 23, only one of whom came from another […]

No contest as Bristol 2nds are thrashed

30 August 2020 0 comments

■ By NICK CAIN Rout: Sam James scores Sharks’ fifth try THIS may have begun as third versus second in the Premiership table, but it […]

Omar Mouneimne magic sees Bristol Bears end unwanted defence record

25 August 2020 0 comments

Bristol had gone 77 Premiership matches where they had conceded a try

Novelty of Blackbird wearing off for Henry Purdy amongst Bristol’s newcomers

25 August 2020 0 comments

Soon after arriving at Ashton Gate, Purdy turned a six-month agreement into a full-term commitment

Jamie should be back in time to tweak the Bears’ tail

23 August 2020 0 comments

WHAT a shame the first weekend of rugby in Wales since lockdown didn’t feature the return to action of Jamie Roberts. How unfortunate for him […]

Will Hurrell targets Premiership return as skills coach

21 August 2020 0 comments

Jack Zorab finds out how the former Bristol Bears centre is progressing in his health after suffering a stroke that ended his career

TEAMS: Malins, Earl and Sinckler all handed first Bristol starts in Round 15

20 August 2020 0 comments

Catch the teams for Friday’s Premiership clashes at AJ Bell Stadium, Kingsholm and Ricoh Arena

Ben Earl and Max Malins frozen out of Saracens WhatsApp group while at Bristol

18 August 2020 0 comments

Earl and Malins are both on loan at the Premiership challengers

Attwood: Seeing Semi Radradra do his thing in training is something special

13 August 2020 0 comments

The Bristol Bears lock labels Fijian arrival ‘the best player he has ever seen’

Alex Goode commits to Saracens but will head on loan to Japan

12 August 2020 0 comments

NEC Green Rockets-bound Goode will return to Saracens after their first season in the Championship

Jordan Crane stays in the Pat Lam fold to get to work with Bear cubs

30 July 2020 0 comments

It is said a champion should be able to go out on their own terms but sporting life doesn’t always work like that – just […]

Whistle-stop tour sets up tyro prop Carre for big future

19 July 2020 0 comments

By ROB COLE RHYS Carre met his former Saracens team-mate Vincent Koch for the first time in the heat of a World Cup semi-final battle. […]

Mitch Eadie is back at Bristol and finds a whole new look to Bears

15 July 2020 0 comments

The Bristol academy product and Rovers fan is back where it all began, which means playing at Ashton Gate

My Life in Rugby: Former Exeter Chiefs scrum-half Hadyn Thomas

7 July 2020 0 comments

Thomas also played for Gloucester and Bristol but remembers the Championship final drama of ten years ago most

Guscott column: Pat Lam has clear ability to turn Bristol into champions

30 June 2020 0 comments

Resources aside, Lam has built a special culture at Bristol which has progressed from their promotion in 2017

Ben Earl in a hurry to make his mark at Bristol Bears

29 June 2020 0 comments

The Saracens back row says Bristol were quick to make their interest in a loan move known

Salary cap cuts? Sadly they’re just an illusion

28 June 2020 0 comments

COLIN BOAG Mr Loyalty: Mark Lambert was a one-club man at Quins Remember the temporary cut in the salary cap that was announced just a […]

Dream Team: Ealing Trailfinders scrum-half Craig Hampson

15 June 2020 0 comments

No.9 Hampson cast his eye over past teammates and opponents to choose a dream XV

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