heineken champions cup

In this week's show we are joined by Lewis from the Shark Tank podcast as we look ahead to the game at the AJ Bell Stadium.

Will Pat send his strongest team or will we see some rotation as we head into the final three games of the regular season.  After the narrow loss at home to Sale this year and the trouncing a weaker Bears team took end the end of last season, do we have a score to settle?

Also in this edition we discuss the news that the top eight teams in the Premiership qualify for next seasons Champions Cup. Good to have extra teams in the competition, or devaluing the prestige of the tournament.

In this show we talk about Bristol's 27-18 win away at Connacht in the Champions Cup. After a dull, error-strewn first 40 minutes the Bears stepped up a gear to bag a bonus-point win against Pat Lam's former employers.

We discuss what this win means for our European campaign on a weekend where several games were forfeited by teams unable to play due to COVID-19 infections.

We also look ahead to the Boxing Day fixture at The Stoop and talk to Quins fans about their form, the players to watch out for and how they think the game will go.

There's also news on the Championship restart, our new Argentinian signing and the 'now you see them, now you don't' European shirts in the club shop.

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

In this week's show we take a look at the 38-51 home defeat against Clermont in the opening round of the Champions Cup. After a 12-year wait, Bristol Bears are once again playing in Europe's elite club competition. We talk about what went wrong at the Gate: were the Bears under par or were Clermont just too strong?

In an interview with the people behind the Craggy Rugby Podcast we get an inside view on next week's cup opponents, Connacht. We get the lowdown on their form, the players to watch out for, Pat Lam's impact at the club and a little bit about the history of the podcast. 

We also talk about 'limited' edition hats, retail dissapointments and the club's new 'Bear All' podcast. All this and more...

In this show we reflect on Bristol's narrow 18-17 win against Northampton Saints at Ashton Gate. It wasn't pretty but we just managed to get over the line for our second win of the season.

We look ahead to our Champions Cup game against Clermont Auvergne next week, our first fixture in this competition for 12 years.

Giving us a French insight is special guest, Veronique Landew, the host of the French Rugby Connections podcast in the UK. She tells us what to expect from Clermont and the players to look out for.

We also talk about the returning internationals and speculate who will play for Bristol next week. There's  news of the A Teams defeat away at Ealing Trailfinders; a heavy loss for the women's team and a new Bears' bobble hat has appeared!