Bristol Bears confirm squad for 2023/24 campaign

International trio Max Malins, Kalaveti Ravouvou and Kieran Marmion make the switch to Bear Country, alongside Gabriel Oghre and Sam Wolstenholme.

James Dun is back from a loan spell with Jersey, while Charlie Powell is also retained but will return to the Championship club on loan for another season.

Lam also offers professional terms to six members of the Under-18 side who finished fourth in the 2022/23 Academy League.

Versatile Wales U18 forward Kenzie Jenkins (Coleg y Cymoedd), who can operate in the second row or back row, join the Senior Academy, as do England U18 loosehead prop Louis Trevett and dynamic centre Isaac Campbell-Wu (both Clifton College). Wing Tom Ormsby (Redland Green) signs a scholarship agreement, while back row duo Tom Gardner and Ollie Thraves take up BUCS Super Rugby pathway deals at Loughborough University.

England U18 centre Toby Baker joins the Bears Academy from the RFU Yorkshire Rugby Academy.

Current Senior Academy players Sami Hamid and Ed Harvey head to Loughborough University as part of the club’s BUCS Super Rugby pathway.

INCOMING:

Max Malins (Saracens)
Kieran Marmion (Connacht)
Gabriel Oghre (Bordeaux-Begles)
Kalaveti Ravouvou (Fijian Drua)
Sam Wolstenholme (Leicester Tigers)

2023/24 BRISTOL BEARS SQUAD

Loosehead prop:

Jake Woolmore (130 apps)
Yann Thomas (110 apps)
Ellis Genge (35 apps)
Aristot Benz-Salomon (2 apps)

Tighthead prop:

Max Lahiff (66 apps)
Kyle Sinckler (43 apps)
George Kloska (27 apps)
Jonathan Benz-Salomon (11 apps)
Jay Tyack (9 apps)

Hooker:

Harry Thacker (99 apps)
Will Capon (69 apps)
Fred Davies (7 apps)
Gabriel Oghre

Second row:

Chris Vui (117 apps)
Ed Holmes (95 apps)
Joe Batley (38 apps)
James Dun (13 apps)
Joe Owen (3 apps)

Back row:

Dan Thomas (127 apps)
Steven Luatua (113 apps)
Jake Heenan (92 apps)
Fitz Harding (51 apps)
Magnus Bradbury (21 apps)

Scrum half:

Harry Randall (101 apps)
Oscar Lennon (7 apps)
Kieran Marmion
Sam Wolstenholme.

Fly half:

Callum Sheedy (151 apps)
AJ MacGinty (23 apps)

Centre:

Piers O’Conor (120 apps)
James Williams (15 apps)
Harry Ascherl (6 apps)
Kalaveti Ravouvou

Wing:

Siva Naulago (26 apps)
Jack Bates (35 apps)
Gabriel Ibitoye (17 apps)
Deago Bailey (9 apps)

Full back:

Max Malins (19 apps)
Rich Lane (16 apps)
Noah Heward (5 apps)