I think it’s fair to say, that game wouldn’t enter the most memorable matches category in my years as a Bristol rugby supporter. But if we were to go on and achieve the greatest accolade in European rugby and lift the Champions Cup, it could ultimately be one of the most important games we will ever witness.
Although it wasn’t pretty to watch, these are the gritty, grinding, grimy types of games that make or break a team. To borrow a famous quote “The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived”.
On Saturday we were the willow, we stuck to our foundations, we bent with the wind, put a restraining order on that big Sale Sharks pack and came away from the A J Bell stadium with a very important victory.
