Brive v Bristol Bears team news: Pat Lam names 36-man squad

Pat Lam has opted to leave the majority of his big guns at home for the club's opening pre-season game of the summer away in France against Brive this weekend.

While there are potential debuts in store for new signings Martin Mulhall, Morgan Eames and James Williams; but the majority of club's star men have not made the 36-man squad for the Bears’ trip to Saint-Affrique for the first pre-season match of the summer with the game kicking off at the Municipal Stadium on Friday night at 7.45pm KO BST.

Despite the club sharing videos of the likes of new signings AJ MacGinty and Magnus Bradbury training at the High Performance Centre, along with established stars like Steven Luatua, Harry Thacker, Callum Sheedy and Harry Randall, there is no place for them in this initial squad with two more friendlies

Yann Thomas, Aristot Benz-Salomon, Jonathan Benz-Salomon, Jake Armstrong, Martin Mulhall, George Kloska

Jake Kerr, Will Capon, Bryan Byrne

Charlie Rice, Joe Owen, Ed Holmes, Morgan Eames, John Hawkins,

: Dan Thomas, Jake Heenan, Aaron Tull, Macenzzie Duncan, Ed Harvey, Sam Lewis

Andy Uren, Tom Whiteley, Oscar Lennon

Sam Worsley, Jac Lloyd, TJ Wilstead,

James Williams, Joe Jenkins, Ioan Lloyd, Jack Bates

Toby Fricker, Matthew Jones, Luke Morahan, Rich Lane, Harry Rowson, Henry Purdy