Harry Thacker and Steven Luatua were among nine contract renewals announced by Bristol Bears on a frantic evening with the star forwards committing their future at Ashton Gate.
Thacker had been linked with a move away from the West Country with Exeter Chiefs and Newcastle Falcons reportedly monitoring his situation but the 29-year-old will remain in BS3 having first joined the club in 2018.
His contract extension is particularly pertinent as confirmation came just a few hours after Bears had revealed the signing of Gabriel Oghre for 2023/24, with the assumption being that Thacker could have been the man to make way for the 24-year-old.
