{"id":320108,"date":"2025-12-17T02:13:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T02:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/320108\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T02:13:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T02:13:08","slug":"pumas-star-matias-moroni-earns-new-deal-at-bristol-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/320108\/","title":{"rendered":"Pumas star Mat\u00edas Moroni earns new deal at Bristol Bears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Experienced Argentinian international Mat\u00edas Moroni will return to Bristol<\/a> Bears on a deal that runs until the end of the 2026\/27 season.<\/p>\n

The 95-cap Puma, who can operate at centre and wing, will arrive back in the West Country ahead of the Gallagher PREM round eight clash with Harlequins<\/a> at Twickenham, having initially joined the club in October on a short-term deal.<\/p>\n

Moroni won the Gallagher PREM with Leicester<\/a> Tigers in 2022 and was part of the Argentina<\/a> side that beat the British and Irish Lions<\/a> in Dublin in July and won three games out of four during the Autumn Internationals.<\/p>\n

Director of Rugby, Pat Lam<\/a>, said: \u201cWe were hugely impressed \u2013 though not surprised \u2013 by the impact \u2018Tute\u2019 made during his short stint with us in October.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a limited window, he demonstrated his class, not only through the quality of his performances, but through the experience, professionalism, and leadership he brought to the group every single day.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe is a proven winner with a wealth of knowledge, and his ability to raise the standards around him was clear from the moment he arrived. We\u2019re delighted to welcome him back and are confident he\u2019ll play a significant role in driving this team forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Moroni said: \u201cI\u2019m really happy and excited to have returned to the Bears. I was obviously here a few months ago to play two games \u2013 but in that time, I saw the environment of the club, the facilities, the boys, the coaches and I knew it was the right decision for me to come back here.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a club with a lot of expectation and ambition and I\u2019m really excited for what is to come here at Bristol.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Experienced Argentinian international Mat\u00edas Moroni will return to Bristol Bears on a deal that runs until the end…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320109,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-320108","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\/320108","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=320108"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320108\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}