The junior section of Ashley Down Old Boys rugby club has only been in existence for seven years but already they can boast of having two Bristol rugby legends among their ranks after Ellis Genge and Joe Joyce were guests of honour at the end-of-season awards.
Bristol Bears forwards Genge and Joyce visited the Lockleaze-based club to hand out medals, chat with the younger players, sign autographs and pose for pictures as a means of inspiration.
The genesis of the presence of such esteemed figures in the world of rugby, with Knowle West-raised Genge having captained England at the Six Nations and ‘King of the Mead’ Joyce a Bears stalwart for the last nine years, lay just over a mile away at the home of Bristol Rovers.
