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🏉🌟 Dive deep into the world of rugby union with the legendary Brian Ashton MBE, former coach of Bath and England, in this compelling episode of The Business of Sports Show. Ashton, a revered figure in the rugby community, shares his rich experiences, insights, and the wisdom accrued from a distinguished coaching career.

🏆🤔 The episode features an in-depth discussion about the 2007 Rugby World Cup, with a particular focus on one of the most debated moments in rugby history: Did Mark Cueto score that try against South Africa in the final? Hear Ashton's perspective on this momentous occasion and the impact it had on the game and his team.

📊 Additionally, Brian Ashton delves into the broader state of rugby union, analysing both its triumphs and tribulations. He candidly addresses the controversies surrounding the decisions made by Television Match Officials (TMOs) during the recent World Cup, offering his expert opinion on the mistakes made and the implications for the sport.

🚀 Looking to the future, Ashton discusses the potential of rugby 11s, a variation of the traditional rugby union format. He shares his insights on why this emerging format has the capability to revolutionise the sport, potentially making a significant impact on how rugby is played and enjoyed worldwide.

📺 Whether you're a rugby aficionado, a sports management enthusiast, or simply love a good discussion about the intricacies and evolution of sports, this episode is a must-watch.

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This week we talk about Bristol's 15-13 win against old rivals Bath at the Rec. In one of the scrappiest games of the season the Bears pulled of the win, despite a stuttering performance.

Hear our thoughts on the game and the player performances.

We also look forward to the next home game against the Saints with the help of Tom Vickers, Sports Writer for the Northampton Chronicle and Echo.

There's also six contract signings to discuss and rumours that a British Lion might be crossing the border to join the Bears next season.

All this and more with TC, Lee and Pete (Miles was missing in action!)

This week we talk about the long awaited 30-12 league win at home against Newcastle. After a 77-day break since the last home game in the Premiership, Bristol stepped up to grab a bonus-point victory with the last play of the game.

Here our thoughts on the match, standout performances and what this means for the remaining campaign.

On this show we are also joined by Bath Bytes for a preview of the game away at the Rec. Get the inside line on Bath's form and how the big derby game may go.

All this and more with Tony, Lee, Miles and Pete.

In this week's show we discuss the 29-0 victory against Bath in the Premiership Cup. Harry Thacker helped himself to a hat trick as an experienced Bristol team overwhelmed Bath at the Rec.

We also look forward to the next league game away at Northampton Saints and give our thoughts on selections and score predictions.

In a busy week off the pitch we discuss the news that Kyle Sinckler has extended his Bristol contract, our surprise about Dan Thomas's hastily arranged loan to Scarlets and the signing of Will Porter from Wasps as scrum half cover.

All this and more with Tony, Lee, Miles and Pete.

In this week's show we cover the Bears opening games of the 2022-23 season.

First up the rescheduled opener against Bath, which saw the return of the Ellis 'Baby Rhino' Genge to Bristol.  We assess the narrow victory that came 24 hours later than expected following the sad passing of HM Queen Elizabeth. 

We then analyse this week's resolute away win against Wasps. Our first victory at their place for 22 years as the Bears put on a defensive masterclass. Hear our thoughts on the game and player performances. 

We also look ahead to the next game against London Irish, Worcester's fight for survival and reflect on a big week for the women's game in Bristol. All this and more with Lee, Miles, Pete and Tony.

We are back with season four of Bears Beyond The Gate.

This week we discuss the performances from the Bears three pre-season friendlies and ask what pointers can we take for the opening game.

We also preview 'The Big One' that kicsk off our season at home against arch rivals Bath. We give our thoughts on the starting XV and how we see the game going.

There's also our review of this seasons three shirts, our thoughts on Worcester's predicament and our predictions for Bristol's 2022/23 season.

All this and more with Tony, Lee, Miles and Pete. It's good to be back.

Recorded right after the game the boys discuss the disappointing 29-38 loss to Saracens at Ashton Gate on Sunday. Having conceded 14 points in the first 3 minutes the boys showed a lot of heart to battle back into the game but ultimately fell short... again.

We discuss the individual performances and look at some of the key moments in the game.

There's also our preview of the forthcoming games against Bath and Saracens, a discussion on new signing Magnus Bradbury and our thoughts on Randall and Sinckler's performances for England against Ireland.

Once again this season we snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. After a flying start at arch rivals Bath a red card, there yellows and some poor decision making see the Bears fall to a 29-27 defeat in the fifth minute of stoppage time.

We try to make sense of this crazy game and give our thoughts on individual performances.

We once again speak to Will at The Harlequins Podcast about the reigning champions visit to Ashton Gate next Sunday. He's confident that Quins will win and after Saturday's debacle lets hope Bristol bounce back and show us what they can do.

We also discuss the injury-cover arrival of another scrum half, plus a fullback and tight head prop. There's news of the Bears A game against the Navy and discuss the decision to reject Donny and Ealing's application to join the Premiership. Some mixed views in the studio on that one!

All this and more with Lee, Miles, Pete and Tony.

Bath time for the Bears and we pulled the plug on our local rivals once again. With over 23,000 in Ashton Gate, Bristol got the season up and running with a 25-20 win against them from down the road.

We talk about the faltering first half and the Bears comeback in the second period to claim our first league win. We look at the players, the performance and the tactics as well as the Steven 'splash' as Captain Lautua went over for our first try.

We speak to our friends at The Harlequins Podcast about the next game away at the Stoop on Friday night. Hear our thoughts on team selection and our score predictions.

On the show we also talk to young Toby Fletcher about his Bearathon challenge to raise money for St Peter's Hospice.  Find out what Toby's season long challenge is and why he's pleased the Bears tightened up their defence after the Wasps game! More details on the challenge on Twitter @tberathon.

All this and much more on this week's show with Lee, Miles Pete and Tony.

In this episode we speak to someone who has worked, and is currently working in professional football and rugby. Joe Dixon is a fellow graduate of the MSc Sport & Exercise Psychology Masters as Staffordshire University and now performance psychologist at Stoke City Football Club and Bath Rugby. Joe had a career in Occupational Psychology before he pivoted into sport, working in HR and as a consultant. This took him as far away as Western Australia and the buzzing industries circulating around natural resources. As we’ll hear in the interview, the call came one day to pack up the Australian life and move back to the UK to enter the world of professional football....

Sign up for Joe's upcoming webinar:
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Joe's website:
josephdixonpsychology.com

Contact Joe:
joseph@josephdixonpsychology.com

Follow Joe on Twitter:
https://twitter.com/DrJosephDixon

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In this week's show discuss Bristol's record league win against our old foes at the Rec. Despite gifting Bath a 15 point lead in the opening 30 minutes, the Bears came strong to record another bonus-point win to stay eight points clear at the top of the table. We discuss the tactics, performances and that Kyle Sinckler interview. 

We also look ahead to the visit of Gloucester on Monday 17 May as we welcome fans back into Ashton Gate. We talk to Ed Price form the Cherry Jam Podcast to get the lowdown on Gloucester and what we can expect from our rivals up the M5.

All this and more on this week's show with Tony, Lee, Miles and Pete,

In this episode we talk about the prospects of a Bristol Bears win away at Bath. We get the inside track on our local rivals from our friends at Bath Bytes (Twitter account) and the Bath Rugby Plug (podcast) who give us their insight on how Bath have improved since the last time they played us - the  48-3 Bristol win back in January.

We pick our likely starting XV and look at how important this fixture is as we enter the final five rounds of the league season.

With confirmation that 3,000 fans will be allowed in Ashton Gate for the Bristol v Gloucester game we talk about the potential perils of a Monday night game for all of us fans desperate to enjoy live sport again... with a beer or two.

All this and more on this week's show.

In this week's show we reflect on Bristol's biggest win against local rivals Bath in the 246th playing of this Westcountry derby. The boys discuss the many highs of this dominant performance and the players that stood out. There's plenty of talking points from this memorable game that Bristol fans will relish for years to come.

We also look ahead to the forthcoming game against Sale Sharks at Ashton Gate. We talk to Lewis Hughes from the Shark Tank podcast to get the lowdown on our opponents, their style of play and which players to look out for on Friday night.

All this and more on this weeks show with Lee, Miles, Pete and Tony.

In this week's edition we discuss the cancellation of the pool fixtures in the Champions Cup and ask what this may mean for the Bears future in the  competition.

We get the inside track from the Fezcast podcast  on Tom Whiteley the Saracens scrum half who will join us for 2021/22 season. We also ask if Sarries fans are confident that Ben Earl and Max Malins will return at the end of their loan period.

We talk about the squads for the Six Nations and congratulate Bristol's Sheedy, Earl, Malins and Randall for their respective call ups. Will Ioan Llloyd missing out on Wales mean he gets a run of games at 10 for Bristol. Also why was Sinckler's name missing from the England squad.

After a two week break Premiership rugby returns on Friday as we host westcountry rivals Bath at the Gate. We look ahead to that game with our friends from the Bath Plug podcast - stand by for some cheeky banter from the Bath boys!

All this and more on this week's bumper show.

• 1:43 - What Dan Lyle does as Director of Rugby for Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG)
• 3:22 - What the differences are between Rugby and American Football and the history of how rugby started.
• 7:11 - What each position does in Rugby Sevens.
• 8:32 - What positions do in Rugby Union.
• 9:43 - Why Dan decided to pursue professional rugby outside of the United States instead of American football with the Minnesota Vikings.
• 14:15 - Was it a culture shock to play rugby overseas.
• 16:25 - What the history of rugby is for the United States and how it fits in with rugby’s origin.
• 20:14 - How women are embracing rugby and why they are passionate about it.
• 22:02 - What the differences of tackling in rugby and American sports and how rugby tackling has been successful for NFL and Collegiate coaches.
• 25:19 - What some of the cultures are in rugby, including the “Haka”
• 25:59 - How there is a culture within the game of rugby.
• 28:44 - How Dan is able to grow help rugby in the U.S. 
• 32:28 - Finding the face of rugby in the US with current cross over players.
• 35:28 - What the future of rugby is like in the US.
• 37:57 - What the challenges are to get new fans excited about rugby.
• 41:04 - How AEG is in the business of creating sports properties
• 42:14 - How Dan became the rugby analyst for NBC Sports.
• 44:35 - What Dan’s recommendation is for someone new to rugby who wants to learn the game.
• 46:59 - Who were some of the best rugby players Dan has seen in his lifetime.
• 50:25 - What Dan’s perspective is on the movie “Invictus,” starring Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman.
• 51:56 - How the movie and real-life events affected Dan and his view on how it affected society.
• 54:03 - What Dan would like people to know about rugby that they might not otherwise know.
• 55:54 - What the best advice Dan has been given working in sports.
• 58:33 - How people can find out more about rugby in the United States.

The boys talk about doing the double over arch rivals Bath. Bristol win 13-19 at the Rec for our first league victory since 2006. Are we happy? Not half! We also look ahead to the Harlequins game and round up rugby news from BS3 and beyond. 

Bears Beyond The Gate is a Bristol Bears rugby podcast made by fans for fans. 

The boys are still buzzing after Bristol Bears 43-16 win over Bath in the first league game of the season. We review all the action at the Gate and speak to you, the fans, about your thoughts straight after the match.

We discuss potential changes to the starting 15 for the next game away at Harlequins and do our regular Rugby World Cup review, including Siale Piutau's last game for Tonga and the quarter-final results.

Finally, we receive information from a listener that we may have a 'mole' in the Bears Beyond The Gate inner circle.

Bears Beyond The Gate is a Bristol Bears podcast made fans for fans.