Q&A – Gethin Watts: Bristol’s bear cubs will be crucial after cap reduction

The Bristol Bears academy manager tells Adam Ellis about the club’s vision to bring homegrown talent through to take them to Champions Cup glory.

Your time at Bristol began two years ago, how frustrating was it to spend five months setting out your plans for the academy only for the pandemic to hit?
When you are coming into a new job it can be challenging, but in this case the vision and the culture at the club is so strong that you can get onto the track of things quickly. Everything I have learned was aimed at driving higher standards and raising expectations. We wanted to implement th...

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