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 • 236 episodes

Bears Beyond The Gate

Latest Episodes

Ep 235 - Scrappy defeat at the StoneX, more mixed zone interviews and a Storm(ers) is brewing

In this week's episode we review yet another defeat at the StoneX but discuss whether it was quite as bad as the 30-7 score suggested.Overall, we weren't great but there were some positive 'moments' and it was good to see new players sta...

October 11, 2026 • Season 8 • Episode 235 • 1:12:56

Ep 234 - Bonus mid-week pod - Pete chats to Duncan from the Sarries fan pod 'Fezcast' to preview the game at the Stone-X on Saturday

Recorded as a two way chat this short-ish episode serves as a preview for the visit to the Stone X, where (in)famously a Bristol Senior team has never won although the Cubs did recently.Is this the year? Given our impressive start to the...

October 07, 2026 • Season 8 • Episode 234 • 26:15

Ep 233 - The crowd was flocking, the Gate was rocking and Saints were silenced - plus news from the 'NFL' style mixed zone, Sarries preview, Listener shout outs and a Goat/Anti Goat.

In this week's episode Pete, Lee and Miles crack open a cheeky beer at the Bristol Beer Factory Taproom and raise their glasses to the excellent win against Northampton Saints on Family Day.It was a game of two halves, each one with its ...

October 04, 2026 • Season 8 • Episode 233 • 1:28:23

Ep 232 - Toothless Sharks blunted by Bears' bite and we look forward to a humdinger at The Gate

In the first review of the new Prem season we discuss Bristol's first bonus point win in Manchester THIS CENTURY. There had been a fair amount of trepidation in the run up to the game but in the end it was a professional dismantling...

September 27, 2026 • Season 8 • Episode 232 • 56:03

Ep 231 - The Prem is back and the sharks are already swimming

Pete, Miles and a special 'pod royalty' guest sit down with a cheeky beer at the Bristol Beer Factory Taproom and discuss the season ahead more generally and the upcoming campaign opener at Sale in particular. It is episode 231 by the way, desp...

September 21, 2026 • Season 8 • Episode 231 • 48:49

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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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