Bristol and District Rugby Football Combination

The Bristol and District Rugby Football Combination is an organisation for the promotion of junior rugby union in the city of Bristol, England.

The Bristol and District Rugby Football Combination is one of two pillars on which the rugby union heritage of Bristol is based. The other is Bristol Rugby, the city's senior rugby club and one of the foremost clubs in England. The Bristol Combination, on the other hand, is the body which nurtures junior rugby in the city. From its ranks have come many great players, but also it has provided the framework within which rugby as recreation is developed for thousands of people.

The Bristol Combination was founded in 1901 for "the promotion of rugby union and the mutual well being of clubs", tasks which remain at the core of its mission today. Its members are those 53 rugby clubs of Bristol and its surrounding area, which includes North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. No comparable body of a similar size exists in England.

As well as its representative role, the Combination organises the Charles Saunders Combination Cup, merit tables and leagues for clubs and teams not participating in RFU competitions, as well as an important role in youth and rugby development. It is also responsible for a ground where several clubs play at Lockleaze, in the north of the city.

The Combination regularly organises fixtures of the area's best players against Bristol Rugby Club's first team, or its second team, Bristol United.

Constituent Clubs

Abbey Wood

Aretians

Ashley Down Old Boys

Avon

Avonmouth Old Boys

Barton Hill

Bishopston

Blagdon

*Bristol Rugby

Bristol Aeroplance Corporation

Bristol Barbarians

Bristol Harlequins

Bristol Saracens

Broad Plain

Bristol Telephone Area

Chew Valley

Chippenham

Chipping Sodbury

Cleve

Clevedon

Clifton

Cotham Park

Dings Crusaders

Frampton Cotterell

Gordano

Hornets

Imperial

Keynsham

Kingswood

HMP Leyhill

Midsomer Norton

Nailsea & Backwell

North Bristol

Old Ashtonians

Old Bristolians

Old Colstonians

Old Elizabethans

Old Redcliffians

Oldfield Old Boys

Pilning

St Bernadette Old Boys

St Brendans Old Boys

St Mary’s Old Boys

Southmead

The Tor

Thornbury

United Bristol Hospitals

University of Bristol

University of the West of England

Walcot Old Boys

Wells

Weston-Super-Mare

Whitehall

Winscombe

Yatton

*denotes honorary member

External links

* [http://www.bristolcombination.co.uk Bristol Combination Official Website]