{"id":188120,"date":"2025-10-09T13:20:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T13:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/188120\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T13:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T13:20:08","slug":"bristol-bears-sign-matias-moroni-to-help-fill-yawning-8-man-injury-void","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/188120\/","title":{"rendered":"Bristol Bears sign Matias Moroni to help fill yawning 8-man injury void"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/bristol\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bristol<\/a> Bears have signed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/argentina\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Argentina<\/a> international Mat\u00edas Moroni on a short-term deal as injury cover, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/pat-lam\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pat Lam<\/a> battles an escalating casualty list in his backline.<\/p>\n<p>The 93-cap Puma, who can cover both centre and wing, joins immediately subject to a medical. Moroni was part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/leicester\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leicester<\/a> Tigers\u2019 Gallagher Premiership-winning side in 2022 and featured for Argentina in their win over the British &amp; Irish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/lions\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lions<\/a> in Dublin in July.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the high volume of injuries to our senior backs, we\u2019re pleased to be able to bring in a player of Mat\u00edas\u2019 experience and quality to boost our backline options for the next few weeks,\u201d said Lam.<br \/>\u201cHe is a proven international and a Gallagher Prem winner who will provide excellent cover following the injuries to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/alan-macginty\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">AJ MacGinty<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/gabriel-ibitoye\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gabriel Ibitoye<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/james-williams\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Williams<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/noah-heward\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Noah Heward<\/a>, Rich Lane, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/louis-rees-zammit\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Louis Rees-Zammit<\/a> \u2013 and Academy centres <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/joe-jenkins-1\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Joe Jenkins<\/a> and Toby Baker.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Moroni\u2019s arrival comes after a bruising weekend in which Bristol lost Louis Rees-Zammit to a toe injury during their 50\u201317 defeat to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/saracens\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saracens<\/a> at StoneX Stadium. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/teams\/wales\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wales<\/a> winger joined Jenkins (hamstring) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/tom-jordan\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Jordan<\/a> (ribs) on the growing list of backs sidelined early in the campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Lam admitted after the heavy defeat that the Bears were already scouring the market for reinforcements.<br \/>\u201cThe recruitment team will be looking around for some extra players and we\u2019ve been doing that in the background,\u201d he said. \u201cBut it\u2019s finding the right players \u2014 people in contract \u2014 so that\u2019s always a tricky one at this time of year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bristol conceded seven tries in north London and were out of the contest within minutes, although scrum-half <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/players\/kieran-marmion\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kieran Marmion<\/a> did at least notch a consolation hat-trick.<\/p>\n<p>Moroni, 33, will now link up with Bristol in the coming days as Lam looks to stabilise a season that has begun in grim fashion on the injury front.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bristol Bears have signed Argentina international Mat\u00edas Moroni on a short-term deal as injury cover, as Pat Lam&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-188120","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}