Bristol Bears kicked off their Premiership Rugby Cup campaign with a 20-35 home defeat to Exeter Chiefs, with flashes of exciting potential in attack but too many errors to hope to win the encounter.
Bristol director of rugby Pat Lam named an incredibly youthful side for the encounter, in fact his youngest ever, with an average age of 22 years and four months and just 161 competitive appearances between them.
In contrast, there was plenty of experience in Exeter’s side and it was Chiefs’ forward power that saw them get the upper hand in the first half.
