New signing Noah Heward is set to make his Bristol Bears debut on Friday night when the club take on Cardiff Rugby in an Anglo-Welsh friendly fixture organised to fill a gap in the fixture list.
The game has been organised to replace Bristol's scheduled game against Worcester Warriors who have gone into administration and subsequently been suspended and relegated from the Gallagher Premiership.
The loss of the fixture was expected to cost the Bears in the region of £300,000 hence the move to arrange home and away fixtures with the United Rugby Championship side.
