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  2. All things Bristol Bears

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    4 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said:

    EDIT: Closing the Atyeo for next season also indicates they don't expect to be in the Prem.

    Closing the Atyeo makes sense in any event, as any big crowds if we do stay up can be accommodated in the Upper Lansdown presumably? In the Championship, you could argue that you'd only need the Dolman/South Stand open anyway. 

    It's a great situation to be in really - now that the playoffs have been scrapped - stay up and we have great quality coming in but in the event we go down, it'll be essentially a elongated pre-season ahead of prem rugby the following year. (assuming Hartpury don't put up too much of a challenge) 

  5. All things Bristol Bears

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    36 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said:

    Makes sense. No need to use it at all in the Championship next season. 

    Assume ST prices have been frozen/reduced? 

    Not announced yet, but at the very least I'd expect them to be frozen given the likelihood of relegation. 

  7. All things Bristol Bears

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    Bristol Rugby team to face Worcester Warriors at Sixways on Sunday, 5 March (3pm KO):

    15. Jason Woodward; 14. David Lemi, 13. Will Hurrell, 12. Siale Piutau, 11. Tom Varndell; 10. Gavin Henson, 9. Alby Mathewson; 1. Ryan Bevington, 2. Marc Jones, 3. Gaston Cortes, 4. Ian Evans, 5. Dan Tuohy, 6. Mitch Eadie, 7. Jack Lam, 8. Jordan Crane (c).

    Replacements: 16. Max Crumpton, 17. Jack O’Connell, 18. Jamal Ford-Robinson, 19. Sam Jeffries, 20. Nick Fenton-Wells, 21. Rhodri Williams, 22. Tusi Pisi, 23. Jack Wallace.

  9. All things Bristol Bears

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    17 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said:

    Was speaking to Will Cliff after the game and he said Solomons if effectively in charge until the end of the season and Tainton is no longer heading up training, picking the team etc

    Apparently Solomons has been getting stuck into the players, he said every other word he says is the 'c' or 'f' word. He said on Tuesday and Wednesday the players were basically beating each other up for two days as the training was so intense.

    Looks like it's working so looking forward to more of the same between now and the end of the season.

    Sounds sensible. Taints has been rewarded with a new job for next season so if Solomon can shake things up on the training pitch then at least we're getting the most out of everyone. If we can replicate Sunday's levels and have some luck with injuries we should be looking good, if we can win at Wuss at he wknd I think there's no game for a few weeks so that could allow Varndell the recovery time he needs. 

  11. All things Bristol Bears

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    Blimey Gav is back*

    Bristol Rugby team to face Bath Rugby at Ashton Gate on Sunday, 26 February (1pm KO):

    15. Jason Woodward; 14. David Lemi, 13. Will Hurrell, 12. Siale Piutau, 11. Tom Varndell; 10. Gavin Henson, 9. Alby Mathewson; 1. Ryan Bevington, 2. Marc Jones, 3. Anthony Perenise, 4. Dan Tuohy, 5. Ian Evans, 6. Mitch Eadie, 7. Jack Lam, 8. Jordan Crane (c).

    Replacements: 16. Max Crumpton, 17. Jack O’Connell, 18. Jamal Ford-Robinson, 19. Sam Jeffries, 20. Nick Fenton-Wells, 21. Rhodri Williams, 22. Tusi Pisi, 23. Jack Wallace.

    *for  about 15 minutes 

  13. All things Bristol Bears

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    Also we now have the new "training consultant" Solomon on board til the end of the season to mix things up with a fresh pair of eyes. Could possibly be the last roll of the dice but one that had to be made nonetheless. I did see over 13k tickets have been sold so probably about 16k there on the day.  

  15. All things Bristol Bears

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    3 minutes ago, Red Right Hand said:

    I`m not a rugby fan and won`t be there but surely they`ll be showing the England match on the screens at AG won`t they? If not, they should - the club would rake it in with the extra beer sales alone.

    I'm sure they will be, but a Bris/Eng double header live in your own front room is probably an appealing option for many, esp given the relegation struggle. As @Kid in the Riot says above, this was the standout fixture for pretty much every Bris     and Barf fan when they were released. Sadly it won't be the atmosphere and spectacle it could've been. 

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  17. All things Bristol Bears

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    3 hours ago, Kid in the Riot said:

    After pledging I wouldn't go again this season after last week I've bloody been offered hospitality for the Bath game. At least the free booze and food should soften the pain of the lack of entertainment...

    Kid is this in a box or just one of the lounges? Having been on a corporate to the Sale cup game a month or two ago it wasn't the booze sodden  jolly I'd hoped for! 

  18. All things Bristol Bears

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    15 minutes ago, RedM said:

    Quins  hit us from the start, got early points on the board. The Varndell injury and then having our player binned just before HT were killer blows too. Again sloppy handling and poor decisions cost us. Can't say we were ever in the game even though it was close during much of the first half. Looked a fairly decent crowd, seemed a fair few Quins fans too. But this really felt like a huge nail in the coffin.

    The crowd wasn't actually that good, in what was a crucial game. I'd expected more. 

  19. All things Bristol Bears

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    If you sit in Block  C D or E in sestsvthat you know aren't yours, you should expect to get turfed out as it's pretty much exclusively ST holders in reserved seating. These gentlemen obviously weren't aware of that and when it was politely explained to them didn't give a flying flick either. 

  20. All things Bristol Bears

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    19 minutes ago, Barrs Court Red said:

    Intereating...there was a group of lads in the Riser who seemed a touch excitable....I wonder if it was the same group

    These guys in the Dolman were certainly old enough to know better, middle aged and quite obviously looking for trouble. 

  22. All things Bristol Bears

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    3 minutes ago, Barrs Court Red said:

    Collectively not good enough, and I'm afraid that is very much season over.

    That was ******* awful. Varndell scoring the record breakin try and getting injured in the  process was the worst thing that could've happened. We had no answers. Can only hope Wuss lose tmrw picking up zero points. 

  23. All things Bristol Bears

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    Team news: 

    Bristol Rugby team to face Harlequins at Ashton Gate on Friday, 10 February (7.45pm KO):

    Jason Woodward; Jack Wallace, Will Hurrell, Tusi Pisi, Tom Varndell; Billy Searle, Will Cliff; Ryan Bevington, Rob Hawkins, Gaston Cortes, Dan Tuohy, Ben Glynn, Nick Fenton-Wells, Olly Robinson (c), Mitch Eadie.

    Replacements: Max Crumpton, Jack O’Connell, Jamal Ford-Robinson, Mark Sorenson, Jack Lam, Alby Mathewson, Thretton Palamo, David Lemi.

    Very strong, surprised Alby is on the bench 

    C'MON BRIS 

     

  25. All things Bristol Bears

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    Surprised to see the Real Ale Bar on the SS/Dolman corner closed yesterday. Crowd was over 8k (decent  for a pointless cup game) so would've though this Bar, in particular, would've been open. 

    Some sloppy passing by Bris gave a decent Chiefs side some easy scores though, and poor handling near the end when we looked certain to score again ourselves made for an easy - but lengthy - run through for the last try of he game. 

    Big game now on a Friday v. Quins. Anyone know if Woodward will be available? 

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