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Benjamín Grondona will play for the Bristol Bears against the Australia XV on Friday. The match is part of the November Internationals and falls one day before Argentina take-on Italy in Udine. Grondona will play at the back of the scrum in what will be his 9th appearance for the English Premiership club. The uncapped back-rower recently trained with Los Pumas in Paris.
Benjamín Grondona is the younger brother of Puma Santiago Grondona. The elder of Los Grondonas is currently with Los Pumas in Udine. Santiago Grondona featured for Los Pumas in the Rugby Championship.
BRISTOL BEARS
1 Jake Woolmore, 2 Harry Thacker, 3 Lovejoy Chawatama, 4 Joe Owen, 5 Joe Batley, 6 Jake Heenan, 7 Fitz Harding (capt.), 8 Benjamin Grondona, 9 Kieran Marion, 10 Sam Worsley, 11 Gabriel Ibitoye, 12 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 13 Kalaveti Ravouvoum 14 Siva Naulago, 15 Toby Fricker
Replacements: 16 Gabriel Oghre, 17 Max Lahiff, 18 Sam Scott, 19 Ethan Surrey, 20 Tom Doughty, 21 Oscar Lennon, 22 Gethin O’Callaghan, 23 Jacob Cusick
AUSTRALIA XV
1 Tom Lambert, 2 Lachlan Lonergan, 3 Rhys van Nek, 4 Angus Blyth, 5 Darcy Swain (capt.), 6 Tom Hooper, 7 Rory Scott, 8 John Bryant, 9, Issak Fines-Leleiwasa, 10 Hamish Stewart, 11 Corey Toole, 12 Joey Walton, 13 Josh Flook, 14 Lachlan Anderson, 15 Andy Muirhead
Replacements: 16 Tom Horton, 17 Harry Hoopert, 18 Tiaan Tauakipulu, 19 Ryan Smith, 20 Luke Reimer, 21 Ryan Lonergan, 22 Ollie Sapsford, 23 Jock Campbell
