Bristol Bears have confirmed centre Sam Bedlow will leave the club for Sale Sharks at the end of the 2022/23 season.
The 27-year-old joined the Bears ahead of the 2017/18 campaign and has made 58 appearances for the club so far during his five seasons in the West Country.
Boyhood Sale fan Sam, whose brother Joe also players for the club, originally joined Sharks as a 17-year-old after leaving Myerscough College. He progressed through the club’s academy programme and after a loan spell at Fylde, made his debut in a Challenge Cup fixture at Welsh side the Dragons