Lam-basted on Twitter

Struggling English Premiership side Bristol have been rocked by a bizarre scandal after the club’s defence coach was accused by senior players of being behind a Twitter account criticising Kiwi director of rugby Pat Lam.

According to an explosive report in The Daily Telegraph, South African Omar Mouneimne was confronted by several players after coming under suspicion over the since deleted @GrindRugby account, which had been highly critical of Lam’s methods.

Mouneimne strenuously denied any involvement in the ‘burner’ account and remains in his post at the Bears.

They are currently languishing in 10th place in the 13-team division after managing just seven wins from 22 games.

Second-rower Dave Attwood was the first to point the finger at Mouneimne, reported The Telegraph, after reading comments on the account that seemed to suggest inside knowledge of the team’s training methods.

In response to a post criticising Bristol’s porous defence – the Bears have conceded the third most points and tries in the competition this season – the @GrindRugby account wrote: ‘‘Take a look at the defensive stats for last season-top of the league!

‘‘Pat wants 5 mins of d training a week to focus on attack - absolute bs!’’