{"id":454435,"date":"2026-03-03T00:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T00:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/454435\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T00:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T00:39:08","slug":"ethan-staddon-bristol-bears-sign-bath-back-row-forward-for-2026-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/454435\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethan Staddon: Bristol Bears sign Bath back-row forward for 2026-27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Bristol Bears have signed versatile back-row forward Ethan Staddon from West Country rivals Bath for the 2026-27 season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Staddon has made 36 appearances for Bath, scoring five tries, and was a key part of the side that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/rugby-union\/articles\/c3rnzw04rdzo\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">won the Prem Rugby Cup last season<\/a> as they went on to win a trio of trophies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The 23-year-old, who typically plays at flanker but can also feature in the second row, made his debut in December 2020 having come through Bath&#8217;s academy. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He has also represented England at under-20 level and is the first player the Bears have confirmed they have brought in for next season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Ethan is a player we&#8217;ve admired for a long time,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bristolbearsrugby.com\/news\/bears-sign-versatile-forward-ethan-staddon-ahead-of-2026-27-season\/\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said Bristol director of rugby Pat Lam., external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;He has tremendous potential and genuine versatility, with the ability to make an impact right across the back row &#8211; something that&#8217;s particularly valuable within our smaller squad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;He&#8217;s driven, coachable and fully committed to improving and performing at the highest level.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bristol Bears have signed versatile back-row forward Ethan Staddon from West Country rivals Bath for the 2026-27 season.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":454436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-454435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454435","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=454435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/454435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/454436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=454435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=454435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=454435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}