Salary cap issues?
Bristol comfirm that Alapati Leiua, John Afoa, Dave Attwood, Antoine Frisch, Mitch Eadie, Nathan Hughes, Tiff Eden, Niyi Adeolokun, Theo Strang, Joe Cotton and Ashley Challenger will be leaving at the end of the season.
As well as CEO Mark Tainton (now there's a surprise).