Will Carpenter

A crowd of more than 17,000 braved the stormy conditions to watch the Bears beat Exeter Chiefs at Ashton Gate on Derby Weekend.

Wallace Jarman was an outstanding forward in Bristol’s early history. He captained the team for five seasons (a record only subsequently matched in the modern era by Derek Eves) and on January 6th 1900 he became the club’s first England international. John Wallace Jarman was educated at Merchant Venturers’ School and joined Bristol from the

William Thomson, universally known as ‘Tommy', was a crucial figure in Bristol's early years, and without him the club would almost certainly have folded.

Leonard James Corbett was one of the outstanding sportsmen of his generation and remains unquestionably one of Bristol's greatest ever players.

Bristol Bears have completed the signing of highly-rated young Samoan forward Totoa Auvaa. The 21-year-old, a powerful young back five forward with exciting physical attributes and significant potential, joins the Bears following his departure from Saracens to continue his development under Director of Rugby Pat Lam. Director of Rugby and former Samoa captain, Pat Lam,

John Nicholas Blake was an innovative leader who inspired the Bristol side of the late 1950s to play a revolutionary style of 15-man rugby. At a time when games were often low-scoring affairs dominated by kicking, he encouraged his players to attack from all parts of the field. The result was a series of record-breaking

Bristol Bears supporters can celebrate the club's rich heritage with exclusive letter printing on 2026/27 replica shirts, available for FREE with any shirt purchased at Friday's Legends Night clash with Leicester Tigers.

Check out all of the key numbers and statistics ahead of Friday's Gallagher PREM round five clash with Leicester Tigers at Ashton Gate (7.45pm KO BST, live on TNT Sports).

By Mark Hoskins. For this Friday’s game, Bristol Bears will be wearing lettered shirts for the first time since 1998 when RFU policy insisted that the club should fall into line and wear numbers. Many supporters watching tonight will remember the old lettering system, not to mention the confusion which arose when Bristol played Leicester,

In a moving tribute to the late Matt Salter, his wife Charlie and former teammates reflect on an extraordinary captain, devoted family man and inspirational mentor. Through the newly established Matt Salter Foundation, his family are determined that the values he lived by will continue to change young lives.