Bristol and District Rugby Football Combination
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The Bristol and District Rugby Football Combination is a body 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 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
