Inspire the community through rugby success - big tick.
Become a regular Heineken Champions Cup team - tick.
Produce more players for England - heading in the right direction.
Above were the three central tenents of Pat Lam's vision for Bristol Bears when he arrived at the Championship club in July of 2017.
The speed at which the Bears director of rugby has turned his club into silverware-winning, championship contenders is simply remarkable after more than a decade of underachievement at Bristol and yo-yoing in and out of the top flight, with plenty of heartaches along the way.
Yes the Bears have fallen short of reaching the Premiership final in the last two seasons, getting knocked out in the semi-finals by Wasps in 2019/20 and Harlequins just two weeks ago, but this core group of players are growing and evolving into a side to compete for titles for years to come.
With another summer of record season ticket sales ahead of the 2021/22 season, the imagination of the Bristol public has certainly be captured, with the Bears also establishing themselves as many rugby fans' favourite 'second team' thanks to their fearless attacking style of play.
But until the 2020/21 season, Bristol's players were not getting the international recognition to allow Lam to tick off his third box. Even now there is work to be done.
Wales head coach Wayne Pivac was the first to recognise the talent at club by capping academy graduates Callum Sheedy and Ioan Lloyd, the latter in fact is still in the academy.
Sheedy particularly has gone from strength to strength and starts at fly-half for a strong Wales side this weekend against Canada tomorrow in his 10th senior appearance since making his debut against Ireland in November 2020.
And now, after a false start during the 2021 Guinness Six Nations which ended in injury, Harry Randall will pull on a senior England shirt in a capped game against the USA at Twickenham on Saturday as the first Bear to do since the club rebranded in 2018.
Sheedy and Piers O'Conor featured off the bench in a Barbarians game in 2019 and Saracens loanee pair Ben Earl and Max Malins became international regulars during their year at Bristol which has now ended, but Randall's inclusion at nine for Eddie Jones' side is different.
Jones is looking for the next generation of scrum-halves to replace Leicester Tigers veteran Ben Youngs and 23-year-old Randall looks to be the leading candidate to do so.
While Randall is not a Bristol Bears academy graduate, having come through the ranks at one of the world's finest rugby finishing schools Hartpury College, has has become a force at Premiership level since moving to the club in the summer of 2018/19.
The inclusion of 21-year-old Bristol hooker Will Capon in recent England training squads, having been an U20s regular, is another sign Bristol's youth set-up is in good shape.
Capon has now been released to rest during the short summer before pre-season begins but three Bristol Bears players continue to be impressive for England U20s in the delayed Six Nations competition being held in Cardiff with winger Deago Bailey, centre Jack Bates and lock Alex Groves playing starring roles for the age group side.
Discussing Saturday's test against the US Eagles, Eddie Jones said: “Over the past three weeks our biggest message to the players is what an opportunity this is to show what they can do and make their mark with England.
“They’ve applied themselves as a group and worked very hard individually during this camp to reach their personal bests.
“Now it’s all about coming together as a team, gelling and putting in a good performance at the weekend.”
England
15. Freddie Steward (Leicester Tigers, uncapped)
14. Joe Cokanasiga (Bath Rugby, 9 caps)
13. Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 38 caps)
12. Ollie Lawrence (Worcester Warriors, 6 caps)
11. Max Malins (Saracens, 7 caps)
10. Marcus Smith (Harlequins, uncapped)
9. Harry Randall (Bristol Bears, uncapped)
1. Ellis Genge (Leicester Tigers, 28 caps)
2. Curtis Langdon (Sale Sharks, uncapped)
3. Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers, uncapped)
4. Josh McNally (Bath Rugby, uncapped)
5. Charlie Ewels (Bath Rugby, 21 caps)
6. Lewis Ludlow (C) (Gloucester Rugby, uncapped)
7. Sam Underhill (Bath Rugby, 22 caps)
8. Callum Chick (Newcastle Falcons, uncapped)
Replacements
16. Jamie Blamire (Newcastle Falcons, uncapped)
17. Beno Obano (Bath Rugby, 1 cap)
18. Trevor Davison (Newcastle Falcons, uncapped)
19. Ted Hill (Worcester Warriors, 1 cap)
20. Ben Curry (Sale Sharks, uncapped)
21. Lewis Ludlam (Northampton Saints, 8 caps)
22. Dan Robson (Wasps, 12 caps)
23. Jacob Umaga (Wasps, uncapped)
USA Rugby: 1. David Ainu'u, 2. Mikey Sosene-Feagai, 3. Paul Mullen, 4. Gregory Peterson, 5. Nick Civetta, 6. Jamason Fa'anana-Schultz, 7. Riekert Hattingh, 8. Cam Dolan, 9. Ruben de Haas, 10. Luke Carty, 11. Mika Kruse, 12. Bryce Campbell, 13. Marcel Brache, 14. Mikey Te'o, 15. Will Hooley.
Replacements: 16. Joe Taufete'e, 17. Matt Harmon, 18. Dino Waldren, 19. Nate Brakeley, 20. Psalm Woochingm 21. Hanco Germishuys, 22. Michael Baska, 23. Calvin Whiting.
