The King of Southmead, Joe Joyce, is the emotional leader of the Bristol Bears and as such his departure for Connacht at the end of next season could have seen this side's heart ripped out.
But crucially a transplant from another passionate man of Bristol has already been secured to soften the blow.
Towering second row Joyce, who got his nickname due to sharing his name with a legendary bare nuckles boxer, known as the ‘King of the Gypsies’, is the most Bristolian of Bristol players, in all the best ways.
