The Bristol Combination Cup is an annual

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knock-out club competition organised by the

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 her ...

– one of the five bodies that make up the

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. It was first introduced during the 1970–71 season, with the inaugural winners being Bristol Harlequins. A plate competition was introduced during the 1985–86 season for teams knocked out of the early rounds of the Bristol Combination Cup, with St Brendans Old Boys being the inaugural winners. The plate was discontinued at the end of the 2002–03 season and has since been replaced by the

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, which is for lower ranked clubs in the region. The Bristol Combination Cup is currently open for clubs sides based in

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and the surrounding countryside (including parts of

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and

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), playing in tier 4 (National League 2 South), tier 5 (National League 3 South West) and tier 6 (Tribute South West 1 West) of the English rugby union system, English rugby union league system. The format is a knockout cup with quarter-finals, semi-finals and a final to be held at the Memorial Stadium (Bristol), Memorial Stadium in Bristol in April–May.

Bristol Combination Cup winners

Bristol Combination Plate winners

Number of wins

Cup

*St Mary's Old Boys RFC, St Mary's Old Boys (11) *Avonmouth Old Boys (8) *Dings Crusaders Rugby Football Club, Dings Crusaders (7) *Clifton Rugby Football Club, Clifton (5) *Old Redcliffians (4) *Cleve RFC, Cleve (3) *Hornets RFC, Hornets (3) * Bristol Harlequins (2) *Keynsham RFC, Keynsham (2) *Clevedon RFC, Clevedon (1) *Old Bristolians Rugby Football Club, Old Bristolians (1) *St. Brendans Old Boys RFC, St. Brendans Old Boys (1) *Weston-super-Mare RFC, Weston-super-Mare (1) *Whitehall RFC, Whitehall (1)

Plate

*Avonmouth Old Boys (3) *Aretians RFC, Aretians (2) *Ashley Down Old Boys RFC, Ashley Down Old Boys (2) * Bristol Harlequins (2) *Frampton Cotterell RFC, Frampton Cotterell (2) *Bristol Saracens RFC, Bristol Saracens (1) *Chipping Sodbury RFC, Chipping Sodbury (1) *Gordano RFC, Gordano (1) *Old Redcliffians (1) *Southmead RFC, Southmead (1) * St Brendans Old Boys (1) *Thornbury RFC, Thornbury (1)

References

External links

Gloucestershire RFU

Bristol & District Rugby Football Combination
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