Pat Lam has moved quickly to 'fill the void' left by Andy Uren leaving the club in the summer by signing Irish international scrum half Kieran Marmion.
Marmion will join Bristol Bears from Connacht, where he played under Lam previously, ahead of the 2023/24 Gallagher Premiership campaign. It was confirmed earlier in the day that Uren has been granted a lease from his contract three years early to join Italian United Rugby Championship side Benetton Treviso next season.
Thirty-one-year-old Marmion, who has 28 caps for his country but just eight starts, links back up with Pat Lam having won the Pro 12 title together at Connacht with a win over Leinster in the final back in 2016. Marmion has made 222 appearances for Connacht during an 11-year spell at the province.
