Bristol Bears v RC Toulon Live Stream: “I have made sure we have done it every training day,” Lam said of the drop-goal practice, in the wake of New Zealand spurning the tactic in last week’s draw with Australia.

Watch live here::: https://accesstvpro.co/rugby/
Watch live here::: https://accesstvpro.co/rugby/



The winner will be contacted on Friday afternoon and announced prior to Friday’s Challenge Cup final.

Asked whether his team had been practising drop goals if the scoreline is tight in the closing stages of the club’s first European final, Lam said: “We have been doing it every week since making the finals.”

And then for a split-second he was on the point of breaking a strict rugby taboo by revealing the code-word to be used if fly-half Callum Sheedy or a team-mate unleashes the play. “I actually called it…,” said Lam, before he caught himself. “I shouldn’t say what it is I’ve called it!”

So he didn’t – but once the chuckles had subsided, Lam explained it was a lesson from his time as head coach of Connacht, when they missed a Champions Cup quarter-final by not taking a losing bonus from a match they lost by nine points to Toulouse.