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Bristol statement: The immediate effect signing of Benjamin Grondona
By Liam Heagney
Pat Lam has bolstered his Bristol pack for the second half of the 2023/24 season with the recruitment of promising Argentina forward Benjamin Grondona.
Having featured for the Pampas XV last term in a season that culminated in playing for his country at the Junior World Championship, Grondona has now arrived at Ashton Gate where he links up with Santiago, the Pumas Test back-rower.
A statement read: “Highly rated Argentina U20 international back row Benjamin Grondona has joined Bristol Bears with immediate effect, the club can confirm.
“The 19-year-old brother of current Bears and Argentina back row Santiago, who is comfortable at number eight and blindside flanker, stands at 6ft 3 and 102kg and featured for the Pumas at the Junior World Championship in South Africa last summer.
“Grondona, a dynamic ball carrier and impressive lineout operator, also featured for Argentina A in 2023 in fixtures against Uruguay and Chile.”
Director of rugby Lam, said: “Benjamin is one of the most exciting young players in the game and came to our attention at the Junior World Championships last summer.
“For a player of his age to have already featured for his country’s A team demonstrates the high regard in which he is held by Argentina and we are pleased to be able to bring a young man with huge potential to the club.
"He arrived in the country last week and is excited to get stuck in straight away.”
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Agreed. As a Saffa I have much respect for the ABs. I also have to say given any option I would ONLY prefer to lose to ABs. To lose to England is probably the most embarrassing think to happen to either of us.
There was a time when both of us lost to England and we both hated it. Thankfully those days are behind us. Kudos to you guys, kudos to ABs. But dear old BS seems to hate us Boks. No idea why.
Go to commentsI got the sense that holding him to it was kickback from SB and the rfu smarting at being jilted quite so soon, so unexpectedly and so publicly.
Seem to remember that they spoke to Gustard before appointing Joe and you really have to think he would have come in at a higher level?
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