By TOM BRADSHAW

Bristol boss Pat Lam is keeping a close eye on the United Rugby Championship for future signings following the immediate impact of former Edinburgh forward Magnus Bradbury at Ashton Gate.
Bradbury’s summer arrival at the Bears was the culmination of eight years of monitoring by Lam, who first came across him as a teenager in the Pro12, now URC.
Lam spent four years as head coach at Connacht before joining Bristol in 2017, and remembers the moment when he and forwards coach John Muldoon first saw Bradbury run on to a pitch.
“John and I were at Connacht when he came on for E...