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Bristol ShogunsBristol Shoguns are the first class rugby club in Bristol, England. Founded in 1888 as the Bristol Football Club (RFU) the club changed its name with the advent of professionalism in the 1990s, firstly to Bristol Rugby, and then, following a sponsorship deal with Japanese car giant Mitsubishi, to Bristol Shoguns, incorporating one of the sponsor's major brands. The club is one of the most successful rugby union clubs in England, and has, over the years, produced some of the most famous players in the game, relying in large part on the many junior rugby clubs in the region. Significant players have included TJ Richards, who played for both the British Isles and Australia, Sam Tucker, John Blake, John Pullin and Alan Morley. In the professional era several international stars have played for Bristol, including Argentina's Agustin Pichot and Felipe Contepomi, and double World Cup winner Jason Little. Bristol's home is the Memorial Ground, a stadium built in 1921 to remember the war dead of the city. If the club are at home on Remembrance weekend, then a minute's silence is observed. Bristol have never been outside of the top two divisions in English rugby, and are still one of the major powers in the game.
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