Pat Lam: 'Like Rocky, from a humble start you can achieve great things'

The impressive Bristol coach is passionate about his Pacific Island roots and thrilled with his new high-performance centre but emphasises: ‘What brings it alive is what happens in there’Inspiration comes in different forms. At Bristol Bears’ extraordinary new £11.5m high-performance centre (the term “training ground” does not do it justice) even the view from the pitchside gym windows is uplifting, out past the distant tree-tops to Avonmouth and beyond. It serves as a daily reminder to the players, local or otherwise, of the passionate rugby city they represent.There are also plenty of motiva…