It is top vs bottom in the Gallagher Premiership on Friday night when Bristol Bears head to Newcastle Falcons in Round Four of the 2022/23 Gallagher Premiership.
League leaders Bristol are one of only two teams who have started their Gallagher Premiership Rugby season with three wins, the other being second place Exeter.
The Bears' only defeat in their last six fixtures against Newcastle was 5-13 at Kingston Park last October, providing Pat Lam a warning of the threat his former side offer.
Here are all the ways you can follow the action....
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When is the game?
Newcastle Falcons v Bristol Bears is being played on Friday, September 30.
What time is kick-off?
The kick-off time is at 7.45pm.
Is the game on TV?
Yes.
Barring any late changes to fixtures like last weekend, this season every Gallagher Premiership match will be televised on either BT Sport on PRTV.
Premiership Rugby have confirmed today's match will be shown live on BT Sport 1, with coverage starting at 7pm.
Highlights will be available online shortly after the match on the Premiership Rugby website along with a full match replay the following day.
How else can I follow the game?
If you are not going to watch the game on TV or be inside the stadium, BristolLive will be live blogging the match bringing you all the build-up, team news, live play-by-play match updates, reaction, stats, analysis, interviews and highlights from inside the ground.
BBC Radio Bristol will also be providing live commentary of the game.
What's the team news?
Newcastle Falcons: 15 Tom Penny, 14 Adam Radwan, 13 Matias Moroni, 12 Matias Orlando, 11 Mateo Carreras, 10 Brett Connon, 9 Sam Stuart; 1 Adam Brocklebank, 2 George McGuigan, 3 Trevor Davison, 4 Greg Peterson, 5 Sean Robinson, 6 Will Welch (captain), 7 Connor Collett, 8 Callum Chick.
Replacements: 16 Charlie Maddison, 17 Logovi’i Mulipola, 18 Richard Palframan, 19 Sebastian de Chaves, 20 Jamie Blamire, 21 Josh Barton, 22 Tian Schoeman, 23 Pete Lucock.
Bristol Bears: 15 Rich Lane, 14 Luke Morahan, 13 Jack Bates, 12 Piers O'Conor, 11 Henry Purdy, 10 AJ MacGinty, 9 Andy Uren, 1 Jake Woolmore, 2 Will Capon, 3 Kyle Sinckler, 4 Ed Holmes, 5 Joe Joyce, 6 Chris Vui, 7 Jake Heenan (c), 8 Magnus Bradbury
Replacements: 16 Harry Thacker, 17 Yann Thomas, 18 Max Lahiff, 19 John Hawkins, 20 Dan Thomas, 21 Harry Randall, 22 Callum Sheedy, 23 Sam Bedlow.
Who are the officials?
Referee: Luke Pearce (132nd Premiership game).
Assistant referees: Adam Leal and John Meredith.
TMO: Andrew Jackson.
Citing officer: Greg Garner.
What are the odds?
Newcastle Falcons 5/4
Draw 20/1
Bristol Bears 4/7
Odds taken from SkyBet and correct at the time of publication, please game responsibly.
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