Old Bristolians is the rugby club associated with
Bristol Grammar School (BGS), but now predominantly made up of players and members who are not BGS alumni. In 2009–10 OBs won and were promoted from
Gloucester 1, and also won the Bristol Combination Cup. In 2011–12 OBs then were promoted from
Gloucester Premier to
Tribute Western Counties North, again winning the Combination Cup, and finished mid-table in 2013 to 2017. OBs second team won their league in 2009–10, and again in 2011 and currently play in Tribute Somerset 2 North. OBs third team is in Tribute Somerset 3 North.
Bristol Grammar School (BGS) was founded in 1532 by two brothers, Robert and Nicholas Thorne, when it was housed in the St Bartholomew's Hospital, as part of the new founding of schools after Henry VIII's closure of the monasteries, where previously a large proportion of England's education had occurred. The school motto Ex Spinis Uvas, which translates as "From Thorns Grapes", is a play upon the names of the school founders Robert and Nicholas Thorne. ==Honours==