Press/ media arrangements

2008-9 arrangements      

If you are a member of the media wishing to attend a Bristol Rugby 2008-9 home fixture and/ or media briefing or wish to arrange an interview please follow the procedures outlined below:

Player/ Coach interview requests

Please contact Duncan Wood to arrange your interview(s) on  07833 795745 or by email at duncan@bristolrugby.co.uk

Ad hoc briefings:

The timing and location of these will made in advance and giving as much notice as possible and will contain instructions on how to respond and book your place.

Team news:

Announcement of squad news and associated interviews will usually take place on a Wednesday afternoon at Bristol Rugby's training base at Clifton RFC unless otherwise advised. Watch out for the weekly announcements via the Premier Rugby news service.

Richard Hill will announce the Bristol squad, issue quotes and handle questions from the media.

If you would like to conduct a 1:1 with Richard or schedule an interview with one of the players, please email Duncan Wood at duncan@bristolrugby.co.uk so that he can make appropriate arrangements.

Matchday arrangements:

If you wish to attend a home fixture, please email duncan@bristolrugby.co.uk before the relevant deadline preceeding the game stating which publication/ television channel or radio station you are representing.

The cut off time will be published in advance.

Also state whether you are a journalist, photographer or cameraman as this will help us to prepare your pass to allow access to the appropriate area of the ground. 

Photographers must be able to provide proof of commission and we can only accommodate a certain number per game.

Please remember to list a contact number in the unlikely event that we have to ring you.

If you do not contact us before the deadline, we will not be able to guarantee car parking (parking is not ordinarily available at the stadium but in the Civil Service car park just down the road). 

If necessary, call Duncan Wood on 07833 795745.

Confirmation of accreditation will be by email and will not take place until the accreditation deadline has passed. If you do not receive an email by 12 noon on the Friday before the game, please call Duncan on the number above.

Pre match:

If you have requested and been allocated parking, it will be in the Civil Service Car Park on the other side of the Muller Road traffic lights. If you are approaching up Muller Road having travelled down the M32, turn right at the lights instead of left to the stadium as directed and it is immediately on your right.

On arrival at the Civil Service Car Park, the steward at the gate will have a list of all media who have registered to attend and will direct you to your allocated parking space.

Once parked, please make your way to the media room which is situated behind the clubhouse in the Stadium and to the left hand side of the club offices.

Our Media Manager, Duncan Wood, will be there from 1pm onwards (for a 3pm kick off) to help you find your bearings and make your visit to Bristol as enjoyable as possible.

Duncan will provide match programmes and team sheets as well as issuing ground passes (where appropriate) and match tickets.

Refreshments will also be available in the media room.

Post match:

Post match interviews with Richard Hill and a representative from the visitors' coaching staff will be held in the media room.

Duncan will bring the coaches to the media room approximately 20 minutes after the final whistle.

Duncan will also take requests for individual player interviews during this time and make appropriate arrangements.

Facilities

The media room is equipped with a number of power points and a number of BT phone lines.

The press seats in the Centenary Stand are equipped with a number of power points but phone points must be booked in advance. Please contact Duncan for further information.

We also have a wireless broadband network available on matchdays in the media room.

Duncan Wood

07833 795745

duncan@bristolrugby.co.uk