Kick-off: Tonight, 7.45pm

Ground: Memorial Stadium, Filton Avenue, Horfield, Bristol

Coventry director of rugby: Phil Maynard

Captain: Jamie Miller

Top points scorer: Ben Russell – 30

Top try scorer: Jamie Miller – 5

Last six results: Plymouth (Home) Won 26-10; Nottingham (Home) Lost 18-13; Doncaster (Away) Won 17-14; Moseley (Home) Lost 28-24; Cornish Pirates (Away) Lost 20-14; Exeter (Home) Lost 27-13

Tickets: Tickets are still available in all areas of the ground, priced as follows: West Stand/Centenary Stand – £28 adults, £23 concessions (aged 60-plus or in full-time education), £15 under-16s; South Stand – £20/£18/£8; West Enclosure/Centenary Terrace/Family Enclosure – £18/£15/£8; Blackthorn End – £15/£13/£8 Saturday, March 12, 2005 Coventry 17 Bristol 27 Bristol were poor at Doncaster but I back them to bounce back tonight, winning by 10 points I don't like losing, but it could be a really good, stark warning for the players that if you don't perform, you're not guaranteed to win anything. Bristol head coach Paul Hull on last weekend's defeat at Doncaster Coventry and Bristol were arguably the two biggest clubs in England when they met in the 1973 John Player Cup final at Twickenham. Coventry won 27-15.

(kick-off 3pm unless stated)

TODAY

Guinness Premiership: Sale v Gloucester (7.45). The Championship: Bristol v Coventry (7.45).

TOMORROW

Guinness Premiership: Bath v Saracens (2.15), Harlequins v London Irish, Leicester v Northampton (5.35).

The Championship: Bedford v Exeter, Birmingham & Solihull v Moseley, London Welsh v Doncaster (2.30), Plymouth Albion v Nottingham, Rotherham v Cornish Pirates (2).

National League Division One: Blackheath v Nuneaton (2.30), Cambridge v Launceston (2), London Scottish v Cinderford, Newbury v Wharfedale, Redruth v Otley (2.30), Sedgley Park v Esher (2.30), Stourbridge v Manchester, Tynedale v Blaydon (2).

National League Division Two South: Bridgwater & Albion v Shelford, Clifton v Richmond (2.30), Henley v Dings Crusaders, Rosslyn Park v Ealing, Southend v Barking (6.30), Westcombe Park v Lydney (2), Worthing v Canterbury.

National League Division Two North: Bradford & Bingley v Rugby Lions, Broadstreet v Loughborough Students, Fylde v Hull Ionians, Huddersfield v Westoe, Hull v Caldy, Kendal v Preston Grasshoppers, Leicester Lions v Macclesfield (2), Waterloo v Harrogate.

SUNDAY

Guinness Premiership: Newcastle v Worcester, Wasps v Leeds (1.15).