Bristol Bears hit by devastating injury blow as trio of superstars go under the knife View Image

Bristol Bears star trio AJ MacGinty, Harry Randall and Gabriel Ibitoye will all undergone surgery on injuries they sustained in the victory over Leicester Tigers on Sunday to hand Pat Lam a devastating blow just two weeks into the 2025/26 season.

Fly-half MacGinty injured his Achilles, and scrum-half Randall and winger Ibitoye both suffered serious hamstring strains. Providing an update on the trio in his midweek press conference, Bristol director of rugby Lam said: “I've probably never been in a game where I lose three starters, top players to surgery in one game. But that's just the challenge we face.

“Unfortunately, all three are having surgery. Two of them today. AJ's in today, repair

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