In my playing days we were one of the strongest sides in the Combination losing on average only three games per season. We won the Combination Cup in1968 under Joe Lewis as Captain and with John Blake of Bristol fame in the side. In those days the sevens were played at the Bristol Memorial Ground, with preliminary rounds held each day Monday to Thursday and the Semi-Final and Final on the Friday night. It was all quite a physical endeavour! In1971 we won the Combination Cup under Captain Pete Kehoe, beating Keynsham35 points to nil with a try from John Davis who then went on to play for Bath. In October 1971,in Peter's time the greatest game in the history of St Brendan's College took place when Mike Titcombe, our local international referee, organised a match against an International XV. The team was made up mainly of the British Lions, who had just returned from beating the All Blacks, and included that famous pairing of Gareth Edwards and Bary John. They beat the school 62 points to 35, but when you consider there were nine Lions and seven internationals in their side it wasn't a bad result! The St Brendan'   XV was captained byJim Davidson, the then current Irish wing forward, and also contained two Oxford Blues and six county players (two from St. Luke's ).

Teams of the Past

Jim Davidson played several games for Ireland (Full Caps) and he also went onto coach Ireland Peter Colston coached England from 1975 to 1980 Mike Titcombe was an international referee from 1965 to 1975 Dennis Power coached Holland for many years in the 1980’s John Blake captained Bristol for three seasons in the 1960’s and also went on to play for the barbarians Peter Colston ,John Blake, Alan Ramsey, Mike Rafter, Peter Polledri and Nigel Pomphrey all played over 200 games for Bristol Past and Present Club Officers

President   V-Pres   Chairman   V-Chair   Secretary   Treasurer                                                                                         1938/39                 J.R Bryan                                                 1946/47 Rev.Bro.Gibbons       A. Phillpott                                   1947/48 Rev.Bro.Gibbons       A. Phillpott                                   1948/49 Rev.Bro.Lennon       A. Phillpott       V. Herbert   V. Fowles                       1949/50 Rev.Bro.Lennon       A. Phillpott                                   1950/51 J.R. Bryan       A. Phillpott                                   1951/52 J.R. Bryan       A. Phillpott                                   1952/53 J.R. Bryan       J. F. Duggan                                   1953/54 J.R. Bryan       E. Frampton                                   1954/55 J.R. Bryan       E. Frampton                                   1955/56 J.R. Bryan       E. Frampton                                   1956/57 J.R. Bryan       E. Frampton                                   1957/58 J.R. Bryan       M. Young                                   1958/59 M. Hubball       J. R. Bryan                                   1959/60 M. Hubball       M. Titcombe                                   1960/61 M. Hubball       P. Colston                                   1961/62 S. P. Down       P. Colston                                   1962/63 S. P. Down       J. Blake                                   1963/64 S. P. Down       J. Blake                                   1964/65 M. Titcomb       J. Blake                                   1965/66 M. Titcomb       J. Blake                                   1966/67 M. Titcomb       J. Blake                                   1967/68         J. Blake                                   1968/69         J. Blake                                   1969/70         J. Blake                                   1970/71         J. Blake                                   1971/72         D. Bailey                                   1972/73         D. Bailey                                   1973/74         D. Bailey                                   1974/75         D. Bailey                                   1975/76         D. Bailey                                   1976/77         D. Bailey                                   1977/78         D. Bailey                                   1978/79         P. Wills                                   1979/80         P. Wills                                   1980/81         P. Wills                                   1981/82         P. Wills                                   1982/83         P. Wills                                   1983/84         P. Wills                                   1984/85         P. Wills                                   1985/86         P. Wills                                   1986/87         I. Pring   F. Probert                               1987/88         M. Witts                                   1988/89         M. Witts                                   1989/90 M.Titcombe   P. Bates       B. Locke   J. Franklin   O. Jones                       1990/91 M.Titcombe   P. Bates           D. Metters   O. Jones                       1991/92 M.Titcombe   P. Bates   T. Wills   R. Merchant   D. Metters   A. Young                                             1992/93 M.Titcombe   P. Bates   T. Wills   R. Merchant   D. Metters   A. Young                                             1993/94 M. Rafter   P. Bates   T. Wills   R. Merchant   R. Kolanko   A. Young                                             1994/95 M. Rafter   T. Wills   M. Fearon   R. Merchant   R. Kolanko   A. Young                                             1995/96 M. Rafter   T. Wills   M. Fearon   R. Merchant   R. Kolanko   A. Young                                             1996/97 M. Rafter   T. Wills   M. Fearon   R. Merchant   R. Kolanko   A. Young                                             1997/98 M. Rafter   G.Wysocki   M. Fearon   R. Merchant   R. Kolanko   A. Young                                             1998/99 M. Rafter   A. Young   M. Fearon   R. Merchant   R. Kolanko   S. Power                                             1999/00 M. Rafter   A. Young   M. Fearon   R. Merchant   R. Kolanko   S. Power                                             2000/01 M. Rafter   A. Young   M. Fearon   R. Merchant   R. Kolanko   S.O'Farrell                                             2001/02 M. Rafter   A. Young   M. Fearon   R. Merchant   R. Kolanko   S.O'Farrell                                             2002/03 M. Rafter   A. Young   C. Groves   R. Merchant   R. Kolanko   A. Moroz