Match preview: Leicester Tigers vs Bristol Bears
Posted: Friday, March 24th 2023
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Team news: Exeter Chiefs vs Bristol Bears - GP R12
Friday, December 31st 2021
Bristolian Joe Joyce is named skipper in the Premiership for the first time in his 135th appearance for the club, as Bears kick off 2022 at Sandy Park on New Year’s Day (4.30pm KO).
- Bristolian Joe Joyce captains the side in Premiership for the first time
- Luke Morahan returns to the starting line-up
- Nathan Hughes starts at number eight, with Dan Thomas at openside
Joyce is one of three changes to the side that suffered defeat to Leicester Tigers, as Dan Thomas and Nathan Hughes are named in the back row, with skipper Steven Luatua (calf) unavailable.
Australian international Luke Morahan is named in the backline, while John Afoa comes into the 23-man squad and is listed among the replacements.
Bristol Bears team to face Exeter Chiefs at Sandy Park on Saturday, January 1st (4.30pm KO):
15. Charles Piutau (55 apps); 14. Luke Morahan (86 apps), 13. Semi Radradra (24 apps), 12. Sam Bedlow (41 apps), 11. Ioan Lloyd (51 apps); 10. Callum Sheedy (117 apps), 9. Harry Randall (73 apps); 1. Yann Thomas (78 apps), 2. Harry Thacker (62 apps), 3. Kyle Sinckler (26 apps), 4. Joe Joyce (134 apps) (c), 5. Chris Vui (76 apps), 6. Fitz Harding (17 apps), 7. Dan Thomas (96 apps), 8. Nathan Hughes (80 apps).
System players: 16. Will Capon (54 apps), 17. Jake Woolmore (91 apps), 18. John Afoa (74 apps), 19. John Hawkins (26 apps), 20. Mitch Eadie (144 apps), 21. Andy Uren (123 apps), 22. Piers O’Conor (90 apps), 23. Henry Purdy (29 apps).
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