Bristol Bears second row Dave Attwood is messaging director of rugby Pat Lam every day to discuss a new contract for next season he has revealed.
The former England lock believes quite understandably he is still in the physical condition to offer something unique to Bristol Bears squad, despite celebrating his 35th birthday next month. And his barnstorming, try-scoring performance in Sunday’s 29-38 defeat to Harlequins certainly backed up his talk as be put in a dominant display from the engine room of the pack.
But with the salary cap in the Premiership now down to £5m, directors of rugby are struggling to find the budgets to keep their star studden squads together.