Bear Country Magazine issue eight - May 2022

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Bristol Bears can confirm
its current squad for the
2022/23 campaign
Ellis Genge, AJ MacGinty, Magnus Bradbury, James
Williams, Gabriel Ibitoye are all new faces, while
loanee Rich Lane has also joined on a permanent deal.
BUCS Super Rugby front row trio Fred Davies, Martin
Mulhall and Rhys Charalambous are also heading to
Ashton Gate, as are exciting scrum-half talent Oscar
Lennon, who made his Gallagher Premiership debut
against Bath at The Rec, and front row twins Jono and
Toti Benz-Salomon.
Pat Lam also offers professional terms to eight members
of the national title winning U18 squad, with Jimmy
Halliwell (tighthead prop), Paddy Pearce (second row),
Sam Worsley (fly half), Pete Carter (scrum half), Aaron
Tull (back row), Ed Harvey (back row), Joe Jenkins
(centre) and Sami Hamid (full back/wing) all graduating
into the Senior Academy. Another addition is second row
Joe Owen, who joins after an impressive campaign for
Clifton in National Two.
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Eleven players will depart the club, including longserving
duo Alapati Leiua and John Afoa, who will join
French Pro D2 side RC Vannes. Dave Attwood makes
the switch to Bath while Antoine Frisch has joined Irish
province Munster.
Mitch Eadie, Nathan Hughes, Tiff Eden, Niyi
Adeolokun, Theo Strang, Joe Cotton and Ashley
Challenger will also leave the club at the conclusion of
the 2021/22 season.

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THANK YOU
As principal partner of Bristol Bears for the last two
seasons, Ravenscroft would like to thank fans for
their warm welcome and support.
Our thanks to the players for wearing our name with
pride, to the amazing Ashton Gate and Bristol Sport
teams for their professionalism and to those of you
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It’s been an incredible two years and we look
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Up The Bears!
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