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Lam puts his faith in Vakatawa to fire Bears

Premiership team-by-team previews: Bristol Bears
HOW do you replace Semi Radradra? By signing Virimi Vakatawa, the France centre who was forced to retire from rugby last year because of a heart condition. Having been given the all-clear to play again, he joined the Bears after meeting director of rugby Pat Lam while the pair were on Barbarians duty in August.
Vakatawa is similar in style to Radradra, who could both run through defences and unlock them through his passing. The former Racing 92 midfielder is hard to bring down, but being Fijian his handling is deft, as he showed in the second...

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