Bristol Bears' highly thought of fly-half Tom Wilstead has revealed on social media he will be leaving his hometown club at the end of the season.
The 21-year-old has struggled to make the transition from promising academy talent into the Bears first team with two international fly-halves in AJ MacGinty and Callum Sheedy shouldering the majority of the minutes at fly-half, with Ioan Lloyd also an option.
And with Sam Bedlow and James Williams both comfortable at stand-off as well as their normal centre positions, Wilstead, who joined the Bristol Integrated Academy in July 2020 having graduated through the system from U13s, has found himself as sixth choice in his specialist position leading to him going out on loan to gain experience playing competitive senior rugby.
