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Premiership

/ 7 years ago

Gustard: That was all our own fault

DISAPPOINTED Quins DoR Paul Gustard said after his side’s third Premiership defeat in four games that they had shot themselves in...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Kirchner signs on for spell at Bristol

DRAGONS utility back Zane Kirchner has joined Bristol on loan as injury cover for Charles Piutau shoulder Luke Daniels hamstring and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Hurrell in full flow now after his Bath sojourn

By NEALE HARVEY RE-ENERGISED Bristol centre Will Hurrell has warned those writing off his side’s chances of a top six Premiership...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 7 years ago

Penalty count killed us – Lam

BRISTOL director of rugby Pat Lam was annoyed at the way in which his side imploded in the second half. He...

By The Rugby Paper Team

The Rugby Championship

/ 7 years ago

Decision day looms for Cov’s veteran ‘Hacksaw’

NEWS EXTRA HARD-HITTING former All Black Sam Tuitupou aims to follow mentor Pat Lam into top-class coaching – if he can...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 7 years ago

12 stalwarts of the game who deserve to be inducted into the Hall of Fame

A dozen stars from different generations of rugby

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 7 years ago

Smith red card ends Bristol hopes of upset

By NEALE HARVEY Flat out: Alex Lewington touches down for Saracens’ second PICTURES: Getty Images Squeeze: Alapati Leiua touches down for...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 7 years ago

Williams: My three tries came in 12m!

HAT-TRICK hero Liam Williams looked sharp after groin surgery. “Three tries and I think I covered about 12 metres! It was...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Columnists

/ 7 years ago

Bristol win will intensify ring-fence campaign

Bristol Bears downed Bath at Ashton Gate last Friday, and Nick Cain writes why that will fuel a debate that has...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

West Country foes set to rekindle rivalry in Ashton Gate near sell-out

26,000 tickets and counting have been sold for the Premiership season opener between Bristol and Bath

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Bristol aiming for top six insists Aussie legend George

Longevity: George Smith GEORGE Smith believes those writing off Bristol’s Premiership chances are wide of the mark. Australian legend Smith says...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Bristol ……………31 Nottingham ….12

■ HARRY Randall showed Pat Lam he intends to be a part of his Premiership plans with Bristol this season as...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Blommetjies dazzles on debut for Scarlets

By STEFFAN THOMAS WAYNE Pivac hailed the x-factor impact of new signing Clayton Blommetjies who scored two tries as the Scarlets...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 7 years ago

It’s friends reunited for new boy Jake

NEALE HARVEY talks to Bristol’s new Kiwi recruit from Connacht, flanker Jake Heenan Physical: Jake Heenan on the ball for Connacht...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 7 years ago

Crane confident Pat Lam has assembled a Bristol pack that can go toe-to-toe with Premiership’s best

Steven Luatua, Jack Lam, Dan Thomas and George Smith to mention a few back rowers Bristol can bear with this coming...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Smith back for another crack at the Premiership

FORMER Australia international captain George Smith has penned a sixmonth injury cover deal as Bristol embark on a return to the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 7 years ago

Lam can back up big talk – Muldoon

By NEALE HARVEY Defence guru: John Muldoon in action for Connacht PICTURE: Getty Images THOSE daring to write-off Bristol’s chances of...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Woolmore ready for top flight after Jersey blooding

HUNGRY prop Jake Woolmore insists Bristol’s collection of Championship recruits will prove their critics wrong in next season’s Premiership. While Charles...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 8 years ago

The Rugby Paper’s Championship Team of the Season

Bristol dominate our XV, but there are some worthy mentions for other stars who were certainly in with a shout...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Booy’s sure his Bears will thrive in new environment

By NEALE HARVEY BRISTOL’S planned new £10m training ground will underpin the club’s rise to the top echelon of domestic and...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Freestyle has put Gloucester back in the swim

No fear: John Afoa JOHN Afoa is hell bent on leaving Gloucester a trophy winner after revealing how he has revelled...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Baa-Baas appoint Bristol boss Lam

PAT Lam will coach the Barbarians against an England XV at Twickenham on May 27. Lam, who has just guided Bristol...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Featured

/ 8 years ago

England v Barbarians: Bristol coach Pat Lam to take charge of Baa-Baas

The Baa-Baas assemble at Twickenham at the end of May

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 8 years ago

Champions Bristol vow to wow the home fans

By ROB WILDMAN JORDAN Crane has ordered his Bristol team to finish off their Championship promotion season in style next Friday...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Club Rugby

/ 8 years ago

Bristol prop Jack O’Connell to make switch to Ealing Trailfinders

Loosehead to make switch from Ashton Gate to Bristol's main promotion challengers

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 8 years ago

Bristol bailed out by boot of Irish ace Madigan

By ROGER PANTING IAN Madigan kicked six penalties to save Bristol from the embarrassment of successive home defeats and gain a...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 8 years ago

Searle off to understudy Sopoaga

ON THE BLIND SIDE BY NEIL FISSLER Follow me on Twitter: @neilfissler WASPS have completed the signing of Bristol fly-half Billy...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 8 years ago

Lam’s lads close in on club record

Preview Bristol v Jersey Today, Kick-off 2pm. Ashton Gate BRISTOLcould break a club-record winning streak if they overcome Jersey today. Pat...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Premiership

/ 8 years ago

Nadolo gets behind bid for Pacific Islanders franchise

ISN’T it odd how things come full circle. Back in the supposedly bad old amateur days, the Super Ten competition was...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Bakewell’s challenge to create new pack legacy

By NEALE HARVEY New generation of prop: Ellis Genge PICTURES: Getty Images NEW Leicester forwards guru Mark Bakewell has vowed to...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Lam promises to give youth their chance

FRUSTRATED Bristol supremo Pat Lam says he is sick of his club being used as a bargaining tool as he prepares...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 8 years ago

Lay boosts Bristol front row stocks

NEWS EXTRA SAMOA prop James Lay has joined Bristol on a short-term loan to cover Pat Lam’s injury-hit front row resources....

By The Rugby Paper Team

British & Irish Cup

/ 8 years ago

Blues blasted by Bristol’s big guns

Bristol…68 Cardiff Blues …0 ■By MIKE NICHOLS BRISTOL ran ten tries past Cardiff Blues in a match between the pool’s two...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 8 years ago

Bristol cut loose with Williams hat-trick

By LUKE JARMYN Power play: Steven Luatua forces his way through to score for Bristol PICTURE: Dante Kim Try time: Luc...

By The Rugby Paper Team

English Championship

/ 8 years ago

Bristol wrap up Christmas bonus within half an hour

By WILLIAM CARPENTER Bristol…56pts Tries: Vui 2, Morahan 13, Leiua 18, Pisi 28, Lam 55, Joyce 63, Protheroe 66, Jeffries 79...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 8 years ago

YOUNG GUNS

JAMES DUN BRISTOL FLANKER When your dad played in the back row for Bristol, Wasps and England, Chris Robshaw attended the...

By The Rugby Paper Team

British & Irish Cup

/ 8 years ago

Leinster made us pay for mistakes says Lam

By WILL CARPENTER Bristol 35 Leinster A 46 LEINSTERwithstood a late Bristol fightback to seal a bonus-point victory at Ashton Gate...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Latest News

/ 8 years ago

Williams confident of filling Webb role for Wales

CRACKERJACK Bristol scrum-half Rhodri Williams believes Rhys Webb’s defection to Toulon will offer him a route back into a Wales jersey...

By The Rugby Paper Team

Features

/ 8 years ago

Bristol stay on track but Knights put up a fight

By GUY WILLIAMS Defiant: Doncaster’s Curtis Wilson scores LEADERS and promotion favourites Bristol completed the first half of their Championship campaign...

By The Rugby Paper Team