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Bristol Rugby
Also known as: Bristol Rugby
ID: team_135740
About
Bristol Bears (officially Bristol Rugby Club) is an English professional rugby union club based in Bristol, England. They play in Premiership Rugby, England's top division of rugby. The club was founded as Bristol Football Club in 1888; between 1921 and 2014 Bristol's home matches were played at the Memorial Ground and since 2014 Bristol plays its home matches at Ashton Gate Stadium in the south-west of the city. The current head coach is Pat Lam who was appointed in 2017. The club announced a new nickname of Bears to be used from 1 June 2018; between 2001 and 2005 the club were known as Bristol Shoguns due to a sponsorship deal with Mitsubishi. Bristol won the 1983 John Player Cup and have also won England's second division four times, most recently in 2017–18.
Home Venue
Ashton Gate is a stadium in Ashton Gate, Bristol, England, and is the home of Bristol City F.C. and the Bristol Bears. Located in the south-west of the city, just south of the River Avon, it currently has an all-seated capacity of 27,000.
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John Afoa
Dave Attwood
Deago Bailey
Steele Barker
Jack Bates
Joe Batley
Harry Bazalgette
Aidan Boshoff
Harry Byrne
Bryan Byrne
Will Capon
Josh Caulfield
Lovejoy Chawatama
Kofi Cripps
Jacob Cusick
Tom Doughty
James Dun
Sam Edwards
Benjamín Elizalde
Toby Fricker
Cai Gealy
Ellis Genge
Sam Grahamslaw
Benjamín Grondona
Tomas Gwilliam
Jimmy Halliwell
Sami Hamid
Fitz Harding
Ed Harvey
Jake Heenan
Noah Heward
Jamie Hodgson
Nathan Hughes
Joe Jenkins
Kenzie Jenkins
George Kloska
Max Lahiff
Rich Lane
Oscar Lennon
Ioan Lloyd
Steven Luatua
Steve Luatua
AJ MacGinty
Max Malins
Kieran Marmion
Viliame Mata
Peter McCabe
Luke Morahan
Ratu Siva Naulago
Piers O'Conor
Gabriel Oghre
Joe Owen
Paddy Pearce
Henry Purdy
Semi Radradra
Harry Randall
Kalaveti Ravouvou
Benhard Janse Van Rensburg
Harry Rowson
Pedro Rubiolo
Sam Scott
Kyle Sinckler
George Taylor
Harry Thacker
Yann Thomas
Louie Trevett
Aaron Tull
Andrew Turner
Andy Uren
Chris Vui
James Williams
Sam Wolstenholme
Jake Woolmore
Sam Worsley
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