Bears Beyond The Gate

A Bristol Bears podcast made by fans for fans. Each week your hosts Pete, Lee and Miles will take a light-hearted look at developments from Ashton Gate and beyond.

Podcasting since 2019 • 208 episodes

Bears Beyond The Gate

Latest Episodes

Ep 207 - 'Feisty one you are!' The derby does not disappoint as Bears battle hard but Bath are a bit better

It was a derby day to remember and although it didn't go our way for us, the effort was there. Pete, Lee and Miles ‘deep dive’ into the heated clash with them down the road, where the Bears battled hard, created big moments, but ult...

October 27, 2025 • Season 7 • Episode 207 • 57:18

Ep 206 - Bears regain the Rifles Cup with a seven-try skittling at Kingsholm but an angry Bath await!

This week we go over Friday night’s 7-try, 49-point dismantling of Gloucester under the lights and in front of the baying crowd at Kingsholm. We regained the Rifles Cup with another warrior-like performance of grit and graft bu...

October 19, 2025 • Season 7 • Episode 206 • 1:08:34

Ep 205 - Bears win ugly in the ding-dong derby

Pete, Miles and Lee pick through the narrow win against the Chiefs as well as previewing the upcoming fixture against Gloucester with help from Ed Price from the Cherry Jam fan pod.There is also the usual excellent contributions from lis...

October 13, 2025 • Season 7 • Episode 205 • 1:16:46

Ep 204 - Bristol have a bad bear day near Barnet...

The five key takeaways from the pod this week after a few cheeky beers and bit of rugby banter…1. Bears suffered an "absolute shellacking," losing 50-17 after falling 31-0 down by halftime, though the lads accept that Saracens' pe...

October 05, 2025 • Season 7 • Episode 204 • 1:03:39

Ep 203 - Bears pull away in the seond half to win the season opener after being 'Radwaned' in the first...

We chew over the opening day bonus point victory from the Media Conference Room at Ashton Gate. We were the only ones in it mind but it was still quite exciting nonetheless.A shaky first half, where Tigers did a 'Radwan' on us, subsequen...

September 28, 2025 • Season 7 • Episode 203 • 49:20

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Fan Mail

Dear fellas, just wanted to join the chorus in saying what a fantastic job you boys continually do in producing this podcast. I'm a life long briz fan living in Oxford for the past 15 years - I get down to the gate as often as I can (away games tend to be more accessible for me) but its easy to feel a bit cut off from the general Bristol Rugby community. The pod is a wonderful way that exiles like me can get that Bristol Bears connection and without it, I really wouldn't feel as tuned in to the fan community (me being social media phobic. Lee, i'm very much with you on being alergic to technology). It also does what the very best radio and podcasts do which is make the listener feel like they're part of the conversation- something that other apparently 'professional' shows made up of ex pros and sports hacks just aren't able to pull off. So keep at it lads, I'll look out for you at the Leinster game and who knows, one of these days I might even attempt an acrostic. Stay safe, Adrian (Ade).

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