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Bristol climb into Prem top four – but victory at Newcastle comes at a cost

The Independent·David Charlesworth·about 1 month ago
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Pat Lam admitted Bristol’s injury crisis is the “worst” he has ever seen in more than 20 years of coaching after several more players went down in their 52-19 win at Newcastle. Bristol moved above Exeter and into fourth in the Gallagher Prem but victory came at a cost as Joe Batley was withdrawn before kick-off and Rich Lane went off with a hamstring injury after scoring. Gabriel Oghre jarred his knee and hobbled off while Lam fears Benjamin Grondona’s season is over with a pectoral problem, with Noah Heward feeling his hamstring and withdrawn as a precaution. Pat Lam saw his Bristol squad further depleted by injury (Getty) “They’ll all get a scan on Monday,” Bears director of rugby Lam said. “In the my whole years of coaching in 20-odd years, this is the worst it’s been.…

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