Bristol Bears to face Crusaders
Bristol Bears to face Crusaders
Bristol Bears will face the newly crowned 2023 Super Rugby champions and one of the leading club sides on the planet on Friday, February 9th, 2024, when the New Zealand side the Crusaders visit Ashton Gate for a historic exhibition match.
Got to give Bristol credit here - yes, it's likely to be 2nd teams that run out for this, but they're making a good event of Rugby in Bristol - getting games against the Springboks, Barbars, and now the Crusaders. A great way to get the "casual" fans in, as opposed to another match against Sale in a noddy cup (for example, no disrespect to Sale, it's just that Bris seem to play them 10 times a season!).
That's awesome an awesome way to connect the two leagues and get crossover from one league to the other if there isn't already. It would be cool if the MLR did this with the Six Nations.