Bristol Bears Women may be underdogs heading into their Allianz Premier 15s semi-final away at table-toppers Gloucester-Hartpury on Saturday, but with the scrum expected a key battleground after the regular season meetings between the two inside the Bears have been getting expert tips and pointers from two England superstars of the men's game.
At Bristol, the men's and women’s rugby is joined up, sharing the same £11.5m High Performance Centre training base since 2021. The advantage of that is Bears Women head coach Dave Ward can lean across the office and bounce ideas off men’s director of rugby Pat Lam, and get tips off the likes of England prop stars Ellis Genge and Kyle Sinckler who are considered amongst the best in the world in their positions.
