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By Ollie Phillips It’s not an official law of rugby, but as a rule of thumb you should not score 41 points and still lose a game. And that’s exactly what Bristol Bears did against Gloucester last Friday in round two of the Premiership. Sure, defence was optional for both teams in the West Country derby that finished 41-44 to the away side but for Bristol it will be seen as an opportunity missed to silence some of their increasingly worried fans. In their opening two Premiership matches this season they’ve played the two teams who finished below them last term – Newcastle Falcons and Gloucester…

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