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Bristol will hope to revive their Aviva Premiership campaign when they take on Exeter Chiefs at Ashton Gate on Friday. Here are the team changes confirmed by both the sides ahead of the crucial encounter.

Exeter Chiefs head coach Rob Baxter recalled memories from the previous encounter against Bristol ahead of the Aviva Premiership clash between the two sides at Aston Gate on Friday.

Wasps ran a 10-try riot as they maintained their winning streak in the Aviva Premiership with a comfortable 70-22 victory over Bristol at Ricoh Arena on Sunday.

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Jason Woodward is all set to make his debut in the Aviva Premiership after signing a new contract with Bristol.

Northampton ran four tries against Bristol at the Ashton Gate Stadium to secure a painless 10-32 win during the Aviva Premiership clash on Sunday.

Fly-half Nick Evans' timely performance with the boot helped Harlequins to secure a narrow 21-19 victory against Bristol Rugby during the Aviva Premiership clash at the Twickenham Stadium on Saturday.

Director of rugby at Bristol Andy Robinson has signed a new three-year deal with the Aviva Premiership club.

Bristol have confirmed the signing of Wales prop Ryan Bevington for the next two seasons.

Director of rugby at Bristol Andy Robinson stated that the club will not rush into the appointment of the head coach ahead of the upcoming 2016/17 season of Aviva Premiership.

With the summer international tours now over, focus has already begun to swing back on the looming 2016/17 Aviva Premiership season.

Tonga international Soane Tonga'uiha has signed a one-year deal with Bristol for the upcoming season.

Bristol first team coach Sean Holley confirmed his exit from the club by mutual consent following their promotion to the Aviva Premiership after seven years.

Despite a spirited Doncaster performance that saw the Knights narrowly emerge victorious on the night 34-32, Bristol, after seven years of exile, will return to the Premiership for the 2016-17 following their overall 60-47 aggregate win in this year’s Championship play-off final.

Bristol loose-head prop Ellis Genge has signed a permanent deal with Leicester Tigers after impressive performances for the English Premiership club in the last three months when on loan.

Bristol director of rugby Andy Robinson and first team coach Sean Holley are extremely delighted after their team made a promotion to the Aviva Premiership after nine years following their Championship clinching victory against Doncaster Knights.

Bristol have successfully managed to return to the Aviva Premiership after seven years, despite losing the second-leg final of the Championship against Doncaster Knights by 32-34 at Ashton Gate.

With the first-half of this season’s Championship final officially in the books, Lewis Hughes identifies the standout performers from Bristol's 28-13 win over Doncaster Knights.

A spirited performance from Bristol have taken them close to a Premiership return after they defeated Doncaster Knights by 28-13 in the Championship play-off final first leg.

England international Jordan Crane has signed a three-year deal with Bristol and will make a switch from Leicester this summer.