By PAUL REES

When Benhard Janse van Rensburg became available after London Irish folded in June, Pat Lam wasted no time in getting in touch with the South African centre.
Lam, Bristol’s director of rugby, saw the chance to finally plug the midfield gap left by Siale Piutau two years ago and a deal was agreed within a couple of weeks for a player who in his two seasons at Irish was one of the Premiership’s outstanding centres, equally at home at 12 or 13.
“We had an idea towards the end of the season at Irish that something bad could happen,” said the 26-year old van Rensburg, who arrived ...