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How to watch Bristol Bears v Newcastle Falcons live on TV and full team news

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Bristol Bears are looking to sign off this block of games with a win against bottom of the table Newcastle Falcons on Sunday for Pat Lam's side to secure second place in the standings.

Last season's game at Ashton Gate was a massacre as Bristol won 85-14 but it was a much closer affair up at Kingston Park back in September when the Bears only ran out 24-3 victors.

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Here are all the ways you can follow all the action from today's game...

When is the game?

Bristol Bears v Newcastle Falcons is being played on Sunday, January 26 at Ashton Gate.

What time is kick-off?

The kick-off time is at 3pm.

Is the game on TV or being streamed?

Yes. The match has been selected to be shown live by broadcasters TNT Sports and online on the discovery+ app.

The game will be shown live on TNT Sports 5 with coverage starting at 2.45pm.

Highlights will also be available on the Premiership Rugby website shortly after the game.

How else can I follow the game?

If you are not going to be inside the stadium, and even if you are, BristolLive will be live blogging the match bringing you all the build-up, team news, live play-by-play match updates, reaction, stats, analysis, interviews and highlights from inside the ground.

Will there be live radio commentary of the match?

BBC Radio Bristol will also be providing live commentary of the game.

What's the team news?

Bristol Bears: 15. Rich Lane, 14. Noah Heward, 13. Joe Jenkins, 12. Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 11. Kalaveti Ravouvou, 10. Harry Byrne, 9. Kieran Marmion; 1. Yann Thomas, 2. Gabriel Oghre, 3. Max Lahiff, 4. James Dun, 5. Joe Owen, 6. Santiago Grondona, 7. Fitz Harding (c), 8. Viliame Mata

Replacements: 16. Will Capon, 17. Jake Woolmore, 18. George Kloska, 19. Steven Luatua, 20. Jake Heenan, 21. Sam Wolstenholme, 22. Benjamin Elizalde, 23. Deago Bailey

Newcastle Falcons: 15 Elliott Obatoyinbo, 14 Max Pepper, 13 Alex Hearle, 12 Max Clark, 11 Ben Stevenson, 10 Brett Connon, 9 Sam Stuart; 1 Adam Brocklebank, 2 Jamie Blamire, 3 Murray McCallum, 4 Sebastian de Chaves, 5 Kiran McDonald, 6 Philip van der Walt, 7 Freddie Lockwood, 8 Callum Chick (c).

Replacements: 16 Ollie Fletcher, 17 Micky Rewcastle, 18 Luan de Bruin, 19 John Hawkins, 20 Ollie Leatherbarrow, 21 Joe Davis, 22 Kieran Wilkinson, 23 Oli Spencer.

Who are the officials?

Referee: Craig Maxwell-Keys

Assistant Referees: Adam Leal and Greg Macdonald

TMO: David Rose