Another week, another climb up the steep slope to rugby redemption for the Bears and this time a pilgrimage to the Saints, a team also churning out young and exciting English players under the tutelage of a wily New Zealander. Boyd by a general uptick in form, desperate to re-establish their top four credentials andContinue reading “Bears peak at the death as Northampton’s hopes go south”
Author Archives: Bigunit
Bears send fifteen year Wasps win record back to Coventry as final sting in the tail delivers try bonus point
If Bristol’s assault on the Premiership title has been compared to ‘climbing a mountain’, then last Friday’s defeat of Wasps suggests that we are clearly out of the foothills and now making a serious push for the summit. More Everest than Brent Knoll in the scale of the potential achievement, Pat Lam will no doubtContinue reading “Bears send fifteen year Wasps win record back to Coventry as final sting in the tail delivers try bonus point”
Super Siva seals victory as Bears repel Warriors fight back
If the win against Leicester had been more bump ‘n grind than rock ‘n roll, then the first half against Worcester saw Bristol up the tempo to Trance-like levels with a brand of scintillating, breathtaking and expansive union that got the Premier Rugby PR Department purring and neutral fans swooning. However, the fact that itContinue reading “Super Siva seals victory as Bears repel Warriors fight back”
Bears survive an eyeful of Tigers
If it felt like Bristol had seriously lost their mojo in the second half at the Brentford Community Stadium, then they appeared to find it again in the first at Ashton Gate on Saturday. Setting about the game with adventure, ambition and alacrity it seemed like the players were on a rapid quest for theContinue reading “Bears survive an eyeful of Tigers”
Bears have no response to Irish comeback
If the previous game had seen Bristol slowly grinding through the gears to get a narrow win, then the visit to Brentford saw a first half in overdrive and second where the wheels came off in spectacular fashion. Not only a game of two halves but a game of two benches and a whole lotContinue reading “Bears have no response to Irish comeback”
England were hoping for a landslide when all they got was a decent majority
England’s performance against Italy was definitely an improvement on the black comedy at Twickers the previous week, but if you are coming from the level of an omnishambles then an upward trajectory is really the only way to go. That said, they passed more, kicked less and consequently made the Red Rose side of theContinue reading “England were hoping for a landslide when all they got was a decent majority”
Lloyd leaves it late for Bristol to bring home the bacon
For the second Friday evening on the trot Bristol looked down the barrel of defeat but ultimately achieved their aim of retaining the Rifles Cup by coming from behind on a bitterly cold night at Kingsholm. It was a staccato performance from the League leaders, who are now learning how to live with a targetContinue reading “Lloyd leaves it late for Bristol to bring home the bacon”
Scotland wield the knife to England’s sickly game plan
The Scotland team that ran amok at Twickenham on Saturday with a swashbuckling display of high tempo, aggressive and possession focused rugby earned an historic return on their substantial investment with a first win on English soil since 1983. Two years ago, they had got tantalisingly close with a Lazarus-esque second half performance that pulledContinue reading “Scotland wield the knife to England’s sickly game plan”
Sharks take the wind out of Bears’ sails
As was feared by most Bristol fans when the post Bath match haze of Thatchers Rose finally lifted, Sale Sharks snatched a grizzly win at the Gate that was mainly smash but with a decisive bit of grab at the death when Luke James dabbed down in the corner for a match winning try afterContinue reading “Sharks take the wind out of Bears’ sails”
The whiff of hubris…
The teams lists are out and despite the absence of Luke Morahan, who I imagine is being eased back into the team gently after his injury lay off, and Semi, possibly because he is still on the warm down after all the metres he made against Bath, the line up is still very strong. BringingContinue reading “The whiff of hubris…”
Bath fail to plug holes in their defence as the Bears go on the rampage
If Bristol’s clinical defeat of Exeter on their home patch signalled a shift in rugby’s tectonic plates up the M5, then their total demolition of Bath suggests that the epicentre is now much closer to BS3 than ever before. Bristol mmay not have much in common with the earthquake prone city of San Francisco apartContinue reading “Bath fail to plug holes in their defence as the Bears go on the rampage”
Bring on the Baaaarf…
Lot of history with this club and more recently for them, most of it has been horrible. Bath Rugby are the classic professional era ‘flatterer to deceive’, akin to a smart youngs financial advisor with shiny shoes and an expensive suit who sells high but delivers low and then stops answering your calls. Undoubted thoroughbredsContinue reading “Bring on the Baaaarf…”
Harry Randall is the chief attraction at Sandy Park
Exeter Chiefs 7 – Bristol Bears 20 In a dismal week for the country the only ray of light after Boris’s screeching hand break turn was the fact that the top two Premiership rugby teams in the land would be facing off against each other in a modern day Clash of the Titans as eliteContinue reading “Harry Randall is the chief attraction at Sandy Park”
Cub Kloska shines against the Falcons
Bristol Bears 29 – Newcastle Falcons 17 The Falcons swooped into town with a four-zip win record albeit one of them thanks to COVID (a phrase that you don’t hear very often). However, any team coached by Dean Richards will come prepared with a number of light and dark arts so when we also foundContinue reading “Cub Kloska shines against the Falcons”
Filthy Rig 