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Matchday programme: Bristol Bears vs Newcastle Falcons

This week's edition features an interview with Pat Lam and an open letter from CEO Mark Tainton, as well as the latest from the Community Foundation, an in-depth look at Ioan Lloyd's meteoric rise and a feature by club statistician, Neil Williams - 2020: the year in numbers.

This week's edition features an interview with Pat Lam and an open letter from CEO Mark Tainton, as well as the latest from the Community Foundation, an in-depth look at Ioan Lloyd's meteoric rise and a feature by club statistician, Neil Williams - 2020: the year in numbers.

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CLUB DIRECTORY<br />

<strong>Bristol</strong> <strong>Bears</strong>, Ashton Gate Stadium, Ashton Road, <strong>Bristol</strong>, BS3 2EJ<br />

Website: bristolbearsrugby.com | Phone: 0117 963 0600<br />

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staff DIRECTORY<br />

BOARD & DIRECTORS<br />

Owner: Stephen Lansdown CBE<br />

Director: Jon Lansdown<br />

Chairman: Chris Booy OBE<br />

Chief Executive Officer: Mark Tainton<br />

Company Secretary: Gavin Marshall<br />

BRISTOL BEARS<br />

Director of Rugby: Pat Lam<br />

Assistant Coach: Conor McPhillips<br />

Forwards Coach: John Muldoon<br />

Skills Coach: Sean Marsden<br />

Defence Coach: Omar Mouneimne<br />

Scrum Coach: Alasdair Dickinson<br />

Team Manager: Nick Fenton-Wells<br />

Head of Medical Services: Rory Murray<br />

Head of Athletic Performance: Kevin Geary<br />

Head of Performance Analysis: Stuart Powell<br />

honours<br />

ASHTON GATE STADIUM<br />

Chairman: Martin Griffiths<br />

Managing Director: Mark Kelly<br />

Group Head of Communications:<br />

Lisa Knights<br />

Stadium General Manager: Ross Wormald<br />

Head of Safety: David Storr<br />

Head of Grounds: Dan Sparks<br />

BRISTOL SPORT<br />

Chairman: Jon Lansdown<br />

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pat lam’s notes<br />

open letter<br />

year in numbers<br />

PLAYER PROFILES<br />

ACADEMY NEWS<br />

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION<br />

TEAM NEWS<br />

LEAGUE:<br />

• Gloucestershire County League 1898/99, 1899/1900<br />

• Sunday Telegraph English Merit Table 1965/66, 1973/74<br />

• Sunday Telegraph English and English/Welsh Merit Table 1971/72<br />

• RFU South West Merit Table 1979/80, 1981/82 • Allied Dunbar Premiership Two 1998/99<br />

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• European Challenge Cup 2019/20<br />

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PAT LAM’S NOTES<br />

Pat Lam has put the emphasis on<br />

a ‘team performance’ as his side<br />

gear up for their New Year’s Day<br />

Gallagher Premiership clash with<br />

<strong>Newcastle</strong> <strong>Falcons</strong> at Ashton Gate.<br />

The <strong>Bears</strong> fought back to claim a bonus-point victory over<br />

Harlequins at The Stoop in round four, with Lam admitting to<br />

being disappointed with his side’s first-half display.<br />

But the Director of Rugby, who also hailed his side’s resurgence,<br />

said the focus was on ‘the <strong>Bears</strong> way’.<br />

“We made it clear after the game that we were so much better<br />

in the second half once we switched into team, and we, and the<br />

<strong>Bears</strong> way, and boys did well, they came back and got the job<br />

done,” he said.<br />

“You’ve got to remember, it’s been 19 years since we won at The<br />

Stoop against Quins, so it was a huge effort. But we also took a<br />

lot of learnings – we spoke about it as a whole club today, staff<br />

and players, around making sure it’s always ‘team versus me.’”<br />

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The <strong>Bears</strong> welcome an unbeaten <strong>Falcons</strong> to BS3 on Friday,<br />

with Dean Richards’ newly-promoted side sitting second in the<br />

Gallagher Premiership table – and Lam says they are aware of<br />

the challenge they face.<br />

“I’m looking forward to it. The last time we were at Ashton<br />

Gate against Clermont, we were pretty disappointed with our<br />

performance, so going back now against <strong>Newcastle</strong>, who are<br />

above us - and with these next two games playing against<br />

second and first - it’s a big few weeks for us as a club.<br />

“It’s our only home game in this stretch of three Premiership<br />

games and we want to give a really good account of ourselves,<br />

take the lessons that we learnt in that first 40 minutes (against<br />

Quins) and make sure we start much better and really go for it.<br />

“There’s no doubt there’s some experience in that <strong>Newcastle</strong><br />

side, with Toby Flood and Micky Young controlling it really well,<br />

but ultimately they play well together, they work hard, and Dean<br />

Richards is a very good coach, a very experienced coach, and<br />

they’ve got clarity on the way they want to play.<br />

“It’s a great challenge for us, but the focus is on us being us, and<br />

if we do that, it’ll give us the best chance of getting the victory<br />

at home.”<br />

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open letter<br />

WHEN we reflect on 2020, it’s been a<br />

year that will live long in the memory.<br />

The pandemic has affected everybody<br />

in society and professional sport is<br />

no different. As a club, we have faced<br />

some stark challenges over the past<br />

twelve months, but it’s testament to the<br />

culture and unity of the <strong>Bears</strong> that we<br />

have found a way to come through and<br />

emerged stronger for the experience.<br />

I’d like to place on record my thanks to our supporters – many of<br />

whom, despite all of the uncertainty – voluntarily donated their<br />

season card refunds and then purchased season cards for the<br />

2020/21 campaign. The way that you have backed us, sending<br />

hundreds of cards and good luck letters to the club ahead of the<br />

Challenge Cup Final for example, means so much to everybody at<br />

the organisation.<br />

We know that when we are able to have you back at Ashton Gate,<br />

the noise and atmosphere you create is unrivalled in the English<br />

top-flight. We’re all missing the matchday experience of a sellout<br />

crowd and cannot wait for those major events to return in 2021.<br />

In addition, it’s been great to see our fantastic commercial<br />

partners reaffirm their commitment to the <strong>Bears</strong>, while we have<br />

been delighted to welcome Ravenscroft onboard as our new<br />

principal partner.<br />

On the field, we have shown tremendous growth and that’s credit<br />

to Pat Lam, the players and all <strong>Bears</strong> staff. To start the year<br />

with a famous victory at the Rec and to follow it up with a third<br />

placed finish and a Premiership semi-final is excellent progress.<br />

Of course, the standout moment was lifting the European<br />

Challenge Cup which, for so many of us who have been involved<br />

in the club for many years, was an incredibly proud moment.<br />

With the world class High Performance Centre in place and<br />

raising the standard across the board, this is just the start of an<br />

exciting journey for the team. We will continue to strive to reach<br />

our goals and achieve our vision of Inspiring Our Community<br />

Through Rugby Success.<br />

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Throughout the year, we have been fantastically supported<br />

by the <strong>Bristol</strong> Sport group and we are grateful to Mark Kelly,<br />

Martin Griffiths, Gavin Marshall, Lisa Knights, Ross Wormald<br />

and Dave Storr and their teams for the many hours of time and<br />

commitment they have delivered to ensure the <strong>Bears</strong> can play<br />

safely at Ashton Gate, as well as their efforts in communicating<br />

effectively with our supporters and stakeholders throughout a<br />

tumultuous period.<br />

To our community team, led by Craig Capel, we truly appreciate<br />

the way that you have stayed connected with the most<br />

vulnerable in our city, showing innovation and enthusiasm<br />

to overcome the many restrictions in place. Throughout the<br />

summer, Craig and his volunteers teamed up with the partner<br />

sporting charities and FareShare UK to deliver meals to those in<br />

need in the <strong>Bristol</strong> community, as well as organising Zoom calls<br />

and webinars with schools and local clubs.<br />

Finally, a big thank you to those key figures who drive our vision<br />

through inspirational leadership; Steve, Maggie, Jon and Karen<br />

Lansdown and chairman Chris Booy and his wife Jackie, it’s a<br />

privilege to work in partnership with you and to be part of what<br />

we are building. I am looking forward to a prosperous 2021 for<br />

the club.<br />

Up the <strong>Bears</strong>.<br />

CEO Mark Tainton.<br />

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2020<br />

YEAR<br />

in NUMBERS<br />

Club Statistician Neil Williams crunches the numbers from an unprecedented year at <strong>Bristol</strong> <strong>Bears</strong>, as we reflect on the standout milestones,<br />

facts and figures from the past 12 months.<br />

PLD WON DRN LOST FOR AGT TRIES<br />

League 19 14 0 5 499 364 64<br />

Euro 7 5 1 1 249 135 30<br />

Play Off 1 0 0 1 24 47 4<br />

Total 27 19 1 7 772 546 98<br />

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In league games, eight try bonus points were gained and two losing bonus points for an average 3.47 points per game, or 76 points in<br />

a 22 game season. In six of the last 10 seasons, this would give a home play off semi final. Only nine of the 27 games played had paying<br />

spectators present.<br />

Keeping up appearances<br />

During the year, 64 players featured in the match day squad. Of these 47 started a game, 11 came on as a replacement, two were unused<br />

replacements and four were matchday reserves.<br />

debuts in 2020<br />

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SHEEDY started 21 of the 27 games, with both NATHAN HUGHES and O’CONOR starting 20.<br />

Including appearances as a replacement, JAKE WOOLMORE featured in 26 of the 27 games played, with JOE JOYCE, ALAPATI LEIUA,<br />

and RANDALL clocking up 24 games.<br />

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In terms of game time, of the possible 2,160 minutes in the 27 matches, SHEEDY was on the pitch the longest at 1,659 minutes followed<br />

by O’CONOR 1,597, DAN THOMAS 1,453, LEIUA 1,367, HUGHES 1,331, MORAHAN 1,308, RANDALL 1,290, WOOLMORE 1,276, JOE JOYCE 1,248,<br />

STEVE LUATUA 1,238, ED HOLMES 1,233, CHRIS VUI 1,231, SIALE PIUTAU 1,045.<br />

LUATUA was captain in 16 games, SIALE PIUTAU seven, JAKE HEENAN and SHEEDY one each, with Sheedy and Vui co-captaining in two<br />

games<br />

Top scorers<br />

CALLUM SHEEDY topped the points scoring with 220, followed by MAX MALINS (66) and PIERS O’CONOR (45).<br />

MALINS and O’CONOR top the try scoring chart with nine each, with both LUKE MORAHAN and HARRY RANDALL crossing for seven.<br />

International honours<br />

Kyle Sinckler first <strong>Bristol</strong> player to be capped by England since Jason Hobson in 2008.<br />

Callum Sheedy, Max Malins and Ioan Lloyd all made their international debuts, Lloyd is the youngest <strong>Bristol</strong> player to be capped.<br />

During the Autumn series Sinckler and Ben Earl gained five caps, Sheedy four, Malins three and Lloyd two.<br />

Milestones<br />

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CALLUM SHEEDY – 500 first team and competitive points<br />

NATHAN HUGHES and YANN THOMAS both played their 100th Premiership games<br />

MITCH EADIE 150 first team games (119th player)<br />

Callum Sheedy and Andy Uren 100 first team games<br />

JOE JOYCE 100th Competitive game (39th player)<br />

STEVE LUATUA, IAN MADIGAN, ALAPATI LEIUA, JAKE WOOLMORE, PIERS O’CONOR, HARRY RANDALL, ED HOLMES, HARRY THACKER,<br />

CHRIS VUI, JOHN AFOA and YANN THOMAS all played their 50th Competitive games<br />

JOE JOYCE first rugby player to appear in 50 games at Ashton Gate<br />

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From a Premiership debut to<br />

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Ioan Lloyd.<br />

The 19-year-old received his first Wales<br />

call-up earlier this year following a series<br />

of eye-catching displays for the <strong>Bears</strong> –<br />

and capped a remarkable 12 months with<br />

yet another sensational showing during<br />

the bonus-point win against Harlequins<br />

at The Stoop.<br />

Lloyd made 136 metres with ball in hand,<br />

beating six defenders and making two<br />

offloads in a game that saw him start on<br />

the wing and shift to full back when Max<br />

Malins went off injured on 25 minutes.<br />

He became the youngest <strong>Bristol</strong> player<br />

ever to be capped by his country when<br />

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against Georgia at Parc y Scarlets, before<br />

also featuring in the victory over Italy in<br />

the final round of the Autumn Nations Cup.<br />

In between those two caps, Lloyd<br />

returned to the <strong>Bears</strong> for their Gallagher<br />

Premiership clash with Worcester<br />

Warriors at Ashton Gate, dazzling with a<br />

man of the match display that saw him<br />

provide a quite superb assist for Piers<br />

O’Conor, land a try-saving tackle in the<br />

corner and kick ten points in a 30-13<br />

bonus-point win.<br />

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touching down late on in the defeat to<br />

Clermont Auvergne and again in a bonuspoint<br />

win in Galway against Connacht.<br />

It means the Welsh youngster has now<br />

scored on his Premiership, Challenge Cup<br />

and Champions Cup debut for the club –<br />

and his Director of Rugby, Pat Lam, says<br />

Lloyd has ‘gone to another level’ since<br />

returning from international duty.<br />

“You can see why we introduced him one<br />

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players had a day off, he worked with the<br />

coaches and he knew he’s part of our<br />

group, and he came out and you can just<br />

see he’s gone on to another level, and<br />

he’ll get better and better.”<br />

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DISCOVERY SPORT<br />

ADVENTURE IS CLOSER<br />

THAN YOU THINK<br />

LAND ROVER<br />

Land Rover Discovery Sport. It’s tough enough to tackle any challenge<br />

head on. With up to 1,794 litres of loadspace, it makes light work of<br />

transporting all your equipment. While innovative technologies such<br />

as Terrain Response 2* deliver maximum capability, and 5+2 seat<br />

versatility gives you and your team all the space you need.<br />

landrover.co.uk/discoverysport<br />

Official Fuel Consumption Figures for the Discovery Sport range (excluding PHEV) in mpg (I/100km): Combined<br />

44-44 g/km. EV Range: Up to 34 miles. The figures provided are as a result of official manufacturer’s tests in accordance<br />

and range figures may vary according to factors such as driving styles, environmental conditions, load, wheel fitment<br />

will vary dependent on vehicle and battery condition. Drive responsibly on and off-road.<br />

*Not available on manual vehicles.<br />

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LAND ROVER<br />

28.0-47.7 (10.1-6.3). CO 2 Emissions 227-165 g/km. PHEV in mpg (l/100km): Combined 141-141 (2-2). CO 2 Emissions<br />

with EU legislation. For comparison purposes only. Real world figures may differ. CO 2 , fuel economy, energy consumption<br />

and accessories fitted. EV range figures are based upon production vehicle over a standardised route. Range achieved<br />

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BRISTOL BEARS<br />

community<br />

foundation<br />

<strong>Bristol</strong> <strong>Bears</strong> Community Foundation’s <strong>Matchday</strong><br />

Draw kicks off this weekend, giving the supporters<br />

a chance to win up to £1,000, while also supporting<br />

the club’s award-winning charity.<br />

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The draw will take place during the half time interval of every<br />

<strong>Bears</strong> home fixture this season. Every ticket purchased helps<br />

support the incredible community work carried out by the<br />

Community Foundation.<br />

The proceeds of the <strong>Matchday</strong> Draw are split 50/50, with 50%<br />

of the net proceeds going to one lucky fan and the other 50%<br />

going to the Foundation, to be invested back into the local<br />

community.<br />

There is no limit to the number of tickets you can purchase, so<br />

why not increase your odds of winning and purchase multiple.<br />

The winner of the draw will be announced at half time via the<br />

<strong>Bears</strong>’ social media channels, so be sure to keep an eye out to<br />

find out if you’re the winner.<br />

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TAKE A WALK<br />

IN THESE BOOTS<br />

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From grassroots to elite, we are with you for<br />

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TODAY’S TEAMS<br />

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Charles Piutau<br />

Siva Naulago<br />

Semi Radradra<br />

Piers O’Conor<br />

Ioan Lloyd<br />

Callum Sheedy<br />

Andy Uren<br />

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Tom Arscott<br />

Adam Radwan<br />

George Wacokecoke<br />

Matias Orlando<br />

Ben Stevenson<br />

Toby Flood<br />

Sam Stuart<br />

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Peter McCabe<br />

George Kloska<br />

Jake Armstrong<br />

Dave Attwood<br />

Joe Joyce<br />

Steven Luatua (c)<br />

Jake Heenan<br />

Nathan Hughes<br />

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Trevor Davison<br />

Jamie Blamire<br />

Logovi’i Mulipola<br />

Greg Peterson<br />

Marco Fuser<br />

Sean Robinson<br />

Mark Wilson (captain)<br />

Philip van der Walt<br />

Aaron Thompson<br />

Andrew Turner<br />

Kyle Sinckler<br />

John Hawkins<br />

Fitz Harding<br />

Harry Randall<br />

Alapati Leiua<br />

Luke Morahan<br />

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Charlie Maddison<br />

Kyle Cooper<br />

Mark Tampin<br />

Connor Collett<br />

Josh Basham<br />

Louis Schreuder<br />

Brett Connon<br />

Gareth Owen<br />

MATCH OFFICIALS<br />

Referee Christopher Ridley (31st Premiership game)<br />

Assistant Referees Paul Dix & Jamie Leahy<br />

TMO Graham Hughes<br />

Citing Officer Paul Hull


Planning for your future requires an investment<br />

of time, money and effort. So it’s good to have<br />

a team of specialists who can help.<br />

RAVENSCROFT<br />

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that’s a team sport<br />

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