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	Guardian Unlimited Sport \| Rugby union \| Bristol look upwardly mobile after mismatch
		Bristol planted one foot back in the Zurich Premiership yesterday when they did not so much defeat their closest title rivals but overwhelmed them with a display of total rugby which, in style and execution, somewhat resembled that of grand slam winners Wales.
		Bristol's second try resembled their first, the covering Exeter full-back Stephen Ward committing himself too early as the wing Sean Marsden bore down on him and the home side had claimed a bonus point within a minute of the start of the second half.
		Bristol extended their lead over Exeter in the table to six points with four matches left, but it is all over bar the singing.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /rugbyunion/story/0,10069,1446721,00.html (792 words)

	Bristol Rugby - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The club is one of the best-known rugby union clubs in England, and has, over the years, produced some of the most famous players in the game, relying in large part on the many junior rugby clubs in the region, particularly those from "the Combination" (the Bristol and District Rugby Football Combination).
		Bristol's current home is the Memorial Ground, a stadium built in 1921 to remember the war dead of the city.
		Bristol have elected to play two 2006-07 games at Ashton Gate, home of Football League One side Bristol City F.C. The local derby against Bath and the game against Premiership giants Leicester are moved from the 11,750 capacity Memorial Stadium to Ashton Gate's 21,500 capacity to allow more fans the chance to watch the team.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bristol_Rugby (2100 words)

	Bristol and District Rugby Football Combination - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		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 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.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bristol_and_District_Rugby_Football_Combination (288 words)

	Bath Rugby : Bath Rugby 25, Bristol Rugby 10 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Whilst Bristol opted to let youth have a go, John Connolly went for continuity, selecting the core of the side that defeated Newcastle a week earlier, but there was also the chance for youth to shine as Nick Abendanon, Tom Cheeseman and Ryan Davis started in an exciting Bath back line.
		Bristol, whose defencive work rate was commendable, soaked up copious amounts of pressure in the opening quarter, whilst also managing to slow down Bath ball with great effect.
		However Bristol were delivered a hammer blow five minutes from the break when their captain Joe El Abd was yellow carded for hands in at the ruck.
	www.bathrugby.co.uk /23_4284.php (593 words)

	FT.com / Arts & Weekend / Sport - Bristol rugby reclaims historic status (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		When most recruitment to senior clubs was local, Bristol’s position at the apex of the strongest junior set-up in England was a huge in-built advantage.
		Hull’s previous 17 seasons at the Memorial Ground saw two relegations, a spell in receivership during which Bristol Rovers FC took ownership of the ground and the threat either of decamping to Oxford or merger with Bath.
		Bristol have 17 new signings including former British Lion Mark Regan - a Bristolian Hill hails as “serious about his rugby, passionate about Bristol, he’ll be very important to us” - Welsh veterans Gareth Llewellyn and Geraint Lewis and Samoa’s Brian Lima.
	www.ft.com /cms/s/dfd1a69a-1bc0-11da-9342-00000e2511c8,dwp_uuid=cfa6f3f0-67cf-11da-bfce-0000779e2340,print=yes.html (822 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		A predecessor organisation, the Bristol and District Rugby Football Union had to be superceded as it had pretentions to being a "Constituent Body" and both Gloucestershire and Somerset, the local "Constituent Bodies", strongly objected to a diminishing of the number of their member Clubs.
		The Combination draws its member Clubs from the City of Bristol and the surrounding areas, member Clubs are, therefore affiliated to the two Constituent Bodies of Gloucestershire and Somerset; two thirds to the former and one third to the latter.
		In association with Bristol City Council, the RFU, GRFU, Somerset RFU and its sister organisation, the Bristol Junior Combination, the Combination is a key body in the management of the City's Rugby Union Development Officer.
	www.bristolcombination.co.uk /History.htm (1138 words)

	Bristol Rovers \| Club \| THE HOME OF BRISTOL ROVERS
		The Memorial Stadium has been owned by Bristol Rovers since 1998, when it was purchased from the old Bristol Rugby Club, who were in administration at the time.
		The old Bristol Rugby Club has no connection to the present Bristol Shoguns, who are now tenants at the stadium and a new company altogether.
		Shortly after the move, the rugby club hit financial troubles, and after long protracted discussions, a new company was formed between the rugby club and Rovers, with each club owning 50 per cent of shares at a cost of £10,000.
	www.bristolrovers.premiumtv.co.uk /page/Stadium/0,,10328,00.html (669 words)

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		The core of England’s West Country rugby heartland, Bristol Rugby, founded in 1888, are one of the most famous rugby clubs in the world.
		The 2002/03 season was little short of a disaster for Bristol, as off the field problems ruined the playing potential of a very talented squad.
		A Supporters' Trust - the first in rugby union - has been set up, and is seeking to involve fans and the wider Bristol community in the running of the club.
	www.geocities.com /bristol_rugby_1888 (336 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Sport \| Rugby union \| Rugby Union: Bristol 19 - 16 Bath
		Bristol 19 - 16 Bath It was a dream return to Premiership action for Bristol as they beat arch-rivals Bath in front of a record crowd at the Memorial Stadium.
		Apart from burying the notion that Bristol will be whipping boys in the Premiership, it left Bath to reflect on the one that got away.
		In contrast, Bristol's Jason Strange enjoyed a 100% return with four penalties and a conversion, rewarding the perspiration of his hard-working pack on a blazing afternoon.
	sport.guardian.co.uk /rugbyunion/story/0,10069,1562776,00.html (870 words)

	Preview: Bristol Rugby v Harlequins \|\| ComeAllWithin.co.uk - Unofficial Harlequins News and Views
		Bristol have spent the time since April building a new squad and at this stage, the start of the season that is what it is a squad not a team, until they ve a few matches under there belt.
		Bristol have of course the nucleus of the team that won them the National Division One Title, but it will take some time for them to bond as a team with the influx of new players.
		Bristol supporters have been very keen to tell Quins at virtually every opportunity that life in ND 1 will not be easy, a fact that we fully understand but will be well equipped to face.
	www.sportnetwork.net /main/s98/st79510.htm?fromrss=1 (813 words)

	Club History : Dings Crusaders RFC, Bristol Rugby Football Club since 1897.
		The "Dings" was a notorious slum area in Bristol between Temple Meads and Barton Hill (it provided many of the most enthusiastic rioters in the Bristol riots of 1831).
		Agnes II Next year the line-up was Bristol North, Avonmouth and Dings Crusaders 2nds; the year after that, St Agnes, Horfield and Bristol South OB.
		In the event the rugby club took on more and more responsibility and flourished to what we are today.
	www.dingsrfc.org.uk /club-history.html (1682 words)

	Bath Rugby : Bristol continue winning streak
		It also extended Bristol’s unbeaten run to five, and Steve Meehan, the Bath coach, was as ever frank in expressing his disappointment with the performance.
		From the resulting scrum, Bristol then knocked on themselves and a string of penalties and knock-ons saw Bath camped on their line for some minutes, but were frustratingly unable to convert their possession into points.
		Instead, Bristol worked their way back over halfway with a series of penalties, and with full-time approaching, Stanojevic crossed in the right-hand corner, and Gray’s conversion sealed the win.
	www.bathrugby.com /3_5554.php (555 words)

	CNN/SI - Rugby Union - Chaos feared as Bristol plans to take over London Scottish - Monday January 11, 1999 01:20 PM
		BRISTOL, England (AP) -- Second division leader Bristol is threatening to cause chaos in English rugby by buying out Premiership club London Scottish and taking over its games for the rest of the season.
		According to Bristol's chief executive, Nick de Scossa, the club has made the unprecedented move because the governing body, the English Rugby Football Union, and the clubs' organization, English First Division Rugby (EFDR), have refused to guarantee it promotion to the top flight.
		It is up to [Bristol's rugby director] Bob Dwyer to decide which [London Scottish] players he keeps and which ones he doesn't."
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /rugby/news/1999/01/11/takeover_trouble (418 words)

	Rugby Football Union - Academy Manager Vacancy at Bristol Rugby
		The England Rugby Academy structure forms part of the RFU’s World Class Performance Plan and is supported by a significant investment from Sport England.
		In association with Bristol Rugby, we are seeking an Academy Manager to lead the regional academy based at the Guinness Premiership Club.
		The appointee will be involved in the operation of the academy, overseeing the personal and athletic development of identified academy athletes, whilst preparing them for a professional club playing career and developing them to challenge for places within England representative sides.
	www.rfu.com /index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.Articles_Detail/StoryID/13958 (451 words)

	RugbyRugby : Latest News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Bristol Rugby Head Coach Richard Hill makes several changes to his starting line up for the Guinness Premiership match against London Irish this weekend, with perhaps the most significant being a Bristol debut for Jacob Rauluni at scrum half.
		Bristol, league leaders until their defeat last week, play a similar style of rugby to London Irish who combine a disciplined "rush defence" with positive and attacking rugby.
		Bristol's winning start to the season came to an abrupt halt at home to Gloucester on Sunday, whilst the west countrymen will be anxious to repeat their success of their last away match at Newcastle when they won 16-14.
	www.rugbyrugby.com /news/story_46190.shtml (895 words)

	RugbyRugby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Bristol are unchanged, the Falcons much changed - and Jonny's on the bench with Owen Finegan.
		Last Sunday Bristol Rugby became the first newly promoted team to win its opening match since Leeds did so in 2001/02, and by a strange quirk that victory was also over Bath!
		Bristol have won the last three matches they have played against Newcastle since the most recent Falcons victory 37-20 at Kingston Park in October 2001.
	www.rugbyrugby.com /TOURNAMENTS/Zuric_Premiership/Tournament_News/story_45871.shtml (853 words)

	RugbyRugby : Latest News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		With neither the Ospreys or Bristol can qualify for the semi-finals of the Powergen Cup, Ospreys coach Lyn Jones is using the trip to the Memorial Ground as a warm-up ahead of Sunday's visit to Welford Road.
		Meanwhile, it's all change for Bristol Rugby this weekend as Richard Hill retains only Vaughan Going from the starting XV that beat Sale last week.
		Bristol have however won their last three games at Memorial Stadium and have never lost a competition match to a Welsh side at the ground.
	rugbyrugby.com /news/story_47726.shtml (627 words)

	Bristol City Council: Voluntary organisations: Local Organisations Database (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		A rugby club for gay and straight men offering a friendly and inclusive atmosphere to train and play rugby.
		What ever your age, skills or ability you will be made welcome as we take you through the basics of the game or get you involved in more advanced practice.
		We play senior and junior rugby and run 3 senior sides on Saturday afternoons, Junior sides playing/training Sunday mornings.
	www.bristol-city.gov.uk /ccm/content/Advice-Benefits/Voluntary-Organisations/local-organisations-database.en?Task=orglist&Subject=326 (408 words)

	Saving Bristol rugby campaign bulletin number 2 \|\| bristolrugby.net - Unofficial Bristol News and Views
		Bristol Shoguns Supporters Club Chairman David Higgs responded by telling the Evening Post, "It seems clear that the only way Bristol is going to retain a rugby club is for the supporters to show Malcolm Pearce that the club must remain in Bristol.
		MP for Bristol West, Valerie Davey, whose constituency includes the Memorial Ground, today added her voice to the campaign to keep Bristol in Bristol.
		The single most important thing anyone who cares about Bristol can do is to show that Bristol is a city that wants and deserves its rugby team, and it is important that there is a big crowd at the home game against ‘Quins on Sunday 2 March.
	www.sportnetwork.net /main/s100/st20470 (1314 words)

	Bristol Rugby Independent Supporters Trust (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.netlab.uky.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		o Supporters of Bristol Rugby Club were promised a Golden Share in August 2003 and this was rescinded by the Club in March 2004 despite the Trust offering to pay all of the legal costs and to facilitate the entire process.
		o The Trust was incorrectly advised by Directors of Bristol Rugby in 2005 when, at a Public meeting, the Club suggested that a Supporters Director was a possibility in the medium to long term.
		The BRIS Trust will continue to support Bristol Rugby and rugby in the local community as, like the Consortium, we have the Clubs long term interests at heart.
	www.brist.org.uk.cob-web.org:8888 (1091 words)

	Bristol Rugby : Home
		New Zealander David Hill makes his Bristol Rugby debut as Richard Hill's men make the long trip north to take on Newcastle Falcons at Kingston Park on Friday evening.
		Bristol Rugby vs Newport Gwent Dragons - Oct 27th 2006
		Bristol Rugby vs NEC Harlequins - October 15th 2006
	www.bristolrugby.co.uk (194 words)

	Gloucester Rugby Club : Bristol stun Kingsholm
		It all looked so rosy for Gloucester when the returning James Simpson-Daniel scored after a minute, but as the conditions worsened, Bristol's no-nonsense attitude up front swung the contest in their favour and they were rewarded with their first Kingsholm win since 1994.
		It is safe to say these two sides hardly get on, but Bristol dug their claws in and were competitiveness personified in close quarters and ground themselves back into the contest with a Jason Strange penalty after 24 minutes.
		Strange then kicked a 62nd minute penalty to give Bristol a 10-13 lead and suddenly the realisation dawned that Bristol may have enough about them to win the game.
	www.gloucesterrugbyclub.com /304_576.php (531 words)

	BRISTOL SONICS RLFC -- Bristol's Rugby League Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-05)
		Players interested in playing for the Bristol's new Rugby League club have been invited to come down to the team's first training session on Sunday February 2.
		Bristol Sonics, who were recently accpeted into Rugby League's summer Conference, hold their first informal training session at St Brendan's Old Boys RFC, Northway, Filton, at 12 noon on Sunday February 2.
		Those attending the session will be talked through the basics of Rugby League, and get a chance to learn some of the skills in an easy going environment.
	www.bristolsonics.com /news210103train.html (217 words)

	Guinness Premiership : Management changes at Bristol Rugby
		John Portch, Chief Executive at Bristol Rugby Club, has announced that he is to step down on June 30th 2006.
		That task has, I believe, been achieved and Bristol Rugby Club is now ready to move on to the next stage."
		Bristol Rugby Director David Freed said: "Everyone involved in the club and all the supporters owe a huge debt of gratitude to John Portch."
	rugbyclub.co.uk /118_6530.php?PHPSESSID=649814bb16dd16ef8613a0cdae5c... (544 words)

	VisitBristol - Bristol's official tourist information site
		Scare yourself silly this halloween with the Compass of Horror International Film Festival, a fortnight of spooky events and activities at venues across Bristol including Arnolfini, Kuumba and Cube Microplex.
		You can eat, drink and be merry when you book your Christmas party in Bristol Simply browse the list of menus and then call your chosen venue to book, leaving you stress-free and with more time for Christmas shopping!
		This 19th century mansion, set in 400 acres of parkland, is home to the social history collection....
	www.visitbristol.co.uk /blei (186 words)

	European Rugby Cup : Bristol Name Unchanged Side
		Bristol Shoguns head coach Peter Thorburn names an unchanged side for Sunday's Heineken Cup Round 5 match against Montferrand in France.
		After four games Bristol Shoguns sit in second place in pool four, having scored 107 points and 10 tries.
		The Bristol side have a 100 per cent home record in the Heineken Cup having defeated both Montferrand and Swansea at the Memorial Stadium.
	www.ercrugby.com /eng/5018_2315.php (291 words)

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