Gallagher Premiership 2023/24 finalists Bath have confirmed that popular lock Elliott Stooke is leaving the club.
Gloucester have had talks with lock Elliott Stooke about making a return to Kingsholm when his contract with bitter West Country rivals Bath runs out at the end of the season.
The 28-year-old Gisborne-born Bridge, who scored 12 tries in 19 appearances for New Zealand, has had a meeting with Bath officials and knows Elliott Stooke well from his time in Montpellier.
The sudden exit of Richard Cockerill as Montpellier boss last Sunday has had a ripple effect in the Gallagher Premiership.
English lock Elliott Stooke is set to continue his rugby journey in the Top 14 by extending his time with Montpellier as a World Cup joker.
Elliott Stooke has become the latest ex-Wasps player to move to the Top 14, the lock bringing to an end his short-term injury cover deal at Bristol by signing for Montpellier, the reigning French champions, until the end of the current season.
Bath lock Elliott Stooke has been charged with drink driving following a road traffic incident that ultimately led to the revelation that he and two players breached the UK government covid-19 protocols.