Highly rated Argentina U20 international back row Benjamín Grondona joined Bristol Bears in January 2024.

The versatile forward, brother of current Bears and Argentina back row Santiago, is comfortable at number eight and blindside flanker and stands at 6ft 3 and 102kg.

He featured for the Pumas at the Junior World Championship in South Africa in the summer 2023 and has also featured for Argentina ‘A’ in 2023 in fixtures against Uruguay and Chile.