I COULDN’T help but raise a wry smile reading last week’s Q&A interview with Bristol Bears academy manager Gethin Watts in The Rugby Paper.
It was a great piece but when Gethin laid out the three main pillars (ambitions) of the Lansdown Family and head coach Pat Lam as the Champions Cup, developing England internationals and home-grown players, I had to chuckle.
The Bristol squad is made up of a number of overseas and other Home Unions players or players like Kyle Sinckler who had already made their name in the game (Harlequins) before being drafted into Bristol.
Then there is young A...