This is Bristol --CALLUM Braley headed off for an England under-20 Six Nations training week with a wide smile on his face after finishing with a hat-trick of tries, "probably for the first time since playing in the under-7s."
The scrum-half's performance neatly summed up the difference between these two sides as he simply operated at a higher level than his opposite number ... stronger and faster in both foot and mind as Bristol ran in a total of ten tries to win with plenty to spare.
With the greatest of respects to Gala, who gamely stuck to their task, there were mismatches across the entire pitch and Bristol made the most of masses of extra time and space to cruise into a 45-point lead at the break and eventually finish with a try count in double fgures.
Braley was at the very heart of the action and paid tribute to his forwards for helping him record a notable treble.
The former St Mary's junior said: "It's pretty enjoyable playing behind a pack that is so dominant. I've definitely got to thank the boys for the hat-trick – it doesn't get much better than that.
"The first half was pretty good from us. We played the type of rugby that we wanted to play and what we had talked about all week.
"The second half, if we're critical, we could have kicked on a bit more. And we were aiming for a lock out at the Mem so it was a shame to let them in for a try. Hopefully that's something we can do next time we're at home."
Joe Joyce, another local youngster making good at a rate of knots, was another stand-out performer in a dominant display, claiming the line-out catch that produced the first try of the game, for skipper Iain Grieve in only the fourth minute.
And the second row almost had the final word of the afternoon when he surged through a gap in the Gala defence in the dying seconds and dived through under the posts for what would have been his first senior try, only for the visitors to somehow get under the ball and prevent the touchdown.
That commitment and determination was pretty impressive considering Gala's largely amateur squad of farmers, students, plumbers and insurance workers had taken a real battering for much of the afternoon.
But there was only ever going to be one winner as Bristol eased home, with with 17-year-old Lucas Slowik another youngster to catch the eye.
The SGS Filton centre was a bag of nerves in the opening moments, making a couple of handling errors, but quickly settled down with a searing break that almost produced try number two.
The next score, though, was not long in coming with Fautau Otto carving his way through some weak tackling and then getting the ball away for Braley to canter over, Adrian Jarvis converting for a 12-point lead.
Turnover ball then gave Bristol the chance to counter-attack and stretch further clear, the long-striding Slowik again making plenty of ground for the supporting Braley to again cross, the conversion this time being missed.
Andy Short was almost next on the scoresheet, haring down the right touchline and heading for the corner only to be tap-tackled metres short.
But Bristol kept the heat on and Slowik, showing tremendous strength, muscled over for a converted score close to the posts.
At this stage, the game was little more than a procession, and try number five soon followed as Braley and Short featured in a move that ended with hooker Ollie Hayes stepping through the cover, Jarvis again converting.
The visitors' defence was pulled out of shape so badly that Short touched down wide out for try number six without a Gala player in sight.
And Grieve, in the final seconds of the half, muscled over for a second try, Jarvis converting to make the lead 45 points at the turnaround.
Fellow flanker Redford Pennycook got in on the act in the 46th minute to bring up the half century after another driving line-out which Gala could not cope with. And Braley took a neat angled line from a dominant scrum to complete his treble, Jarvis converting in the 52nd minute.
There was to be only one more Bristol try, replacement prop Ellis Genge crossing just after the hour.
Gala were rewarded for their gutsy display on 72 minutes when second row Ben Toolis scored from close range, withDavid O'Hagan converting. Reported by This is 13 hours ago.