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I'm curious but do English rugby fans view winning this cup as a big achievement?Many congratulations to Bristol Bears who beat Toulon 32-19 at Aix En Provence this evening to win the European Rugby Challenge Cup. The director of rugby, Pat Lam, deserves huge credit as does owner Steve Lansdown for supporting Lam both financially and with all-round backing.
Hear, hear, well said!
You've captured my sentiments exactly, and I'm sure many in Bristol, and further afield would agree.
What a day/week/year it's been for Bristol Rugby.
Probably because I’m a gas head I think the reason Steve lansdown invested in the rugby was so that he could have premiership sport at Ashton gate
I'm curious but do English rugby fans view winning this cup as a big achievement?
Under the current rules if he's been capped and if he signs a new contract with a non Welsh team after receiving an offer from one of the Welsh pro teams he wouldn't be able to play for Wales. If there was no offer from a Welsh team he would be able to play for Wales. He'd also be eligible if it was just a contract extension on his current contract.At what point will he have to transfer to a Welsh club if he has serious Welsh international ambitions? I'm sure he has. Ioan Lloyd is another extremely talented and highly promising Welsh youngster currently in the Bristol Bears camp.
Under the current rules if he's been capped and if he signs a new contract with a non Welsh team after receiving an offer from one of the Welsh pro teams he wouldn't be able to play for Wales. If there was no offer from a Welsh team he would be able to play for Wales. He'd also be eligible if it was just a contract extension on his current contract.
Wales does have quite a few potential players playing in England a lot attracted through schools like Hartpury college. You can't blame them for wanting to get a decent education both academic and rugby wise.
Winning the champions Cup in 2 years is a tough ask but without saracens it's made slightly easier!
How many of the current Bristol squad are local or have risen through the academy system? It's difficult to see Mr Lansdown withdrawing his financial support in the near future, but when he does, the club will need a self-sustaining development set up.Most of their players were locally developed
How many of the current Bristol squad are local or have risen through the academy system? It's difficult to see Mr Lansdown withdrawing his financial support in the near future, but when he does, the club will need a self-sustaining development set up.
What was most impressive about Exeter's win on Saturday was that almost half the match squad were locally developed players. Exeter's rise to the top over the past ten years was initially funded by Tony Rowe from his (far less substantial than Lansdown's) SW Comms fortune, and at that stage most of the players were imported nationally or internationally, and the locals who had always been the core of the Exeter team no longer featured. By establishing an excellent academy at Ivybridge and searching through the region for likely prospects Rob Baxter and his colleagues have created a structure which has the potential to ensure Exeter can remain a top club for the long term. I hope Bristol can do something similar. (And, of course, hope that Leicester implode and drop through the leagues!)
Type 82. She was the only 1 of a planned 8 ships that was built. They were supposed to be air defence escorts for the proposed 4 CVA01 aircraft carriers that were cancelled.She was the only ship of the class she was type 45 i think.
HNS Bristol is being paid off today in Portsmouth. She has been in Portsmouth for about the last 14 years. The weapons and lots of other stuff were taken off to be used in other warships.Her role in Portsmouth was a training ship. She was the only ship of the class she was type 45 i think. I seen her many years ago on her way up the Bristol channel for a visit to Avonmouth. Another bit of Bristol maritime history gone.
Type 82. She was the only 1 of a planned 8 ships that was built. They were supposed to be air defence escorts for the proposed 4 CVA01 aircraft carriers that were cancelled.
The Type 42 destroyers were built instead and eventually the Type 45 were built as a proper replacement for the Type 82.
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