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 The plate was discontinued at the end of the 2002–03 season and has since been replaced by the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 (

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), tier 5 (

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) and tier 6 (

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) of the 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 in Bristol in April–May.

Bristol Combination Cup winners

Bristol Combination Plate winners

Number of wins

Cup

* St Mary's Old Boys (11) * Avonmouth Old Boys (8) * Dings Crusaders (7) * Clifton (5) *

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Plate

* Avonmouth Old Boys (3) * Aretians (2) * Ashley Down Old Boys (2) * Bristol Harlequins (2) *

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References

External links

Gloucestershire RFU

Bristol & District Rugby Football Combination
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