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Dunvant RFC

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Dunvant RFC
Full nameDunvant Rugby Football Club
Founded1887[1]
LocationDunvant, Wales
Ground(s)Broadacre
PresidentDorian Samuel
Coach(es)Adam Williams Parry, Tom Cheeseman, Craig Hawkins
League(s)WRU National Championship League
2015-16Champions Division 1 West
Team kit
Official website
www.dunvantrfc.co.uk

Dunvant Rugby Football Club are a Welsh rugby union club based in Dunvant, Swansea in South Wales. Dunvant RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union. They competed in the Welsh Championship for the first time in 2016/2017, but were relegated back to the WRU Division One West the same season. In the 2024/25 season, the 1st XV will play in the WRU Championship West. The Athletic will have their first season in the national leagues competing in the WRU 5 West Central league. On May 17th 2024, Dunvant seniors won the West Wales Rugby Union Cup defeating Gowerton RFC. This was 24 years to the day since they first won the trophy beating Llandovery.

Club honours

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  • [WWRU Section D] 1983/04 - Champions
  • [WWRU Section C] 1985/06 - Champions
  • [WWRU Section A] 1989/90 - Champions
  • [WRU Division Two] 1990/91 - Champions
  • [WRU Division Two] 1992/93 - Champions
  • [WRU Division Two] 1995/96 - Champions
  • [WRU Division One] 1998/99 - Champions
  • [WRU Division Two West] 2005/06 - Champions
  • [WRU Division One West] 2015/16 - Champions

Notable past players

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Games played against international opposition

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Year Date Opponent Result Score Tour
1993 2 October  Japan Loss 23–24 1993 Japan rugby union tour of Wales[2]
1998 4 August  Ivory Coast Win 31–22 1998 Ivory Coast rugby union tour of Wales
1999 27 January  Romania Loss 10–29 1999 Romania rugby union tour of Wales

References

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  1. ^ Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1995-96, Mick Cleary and John Griffiths; Rothmans Headline Publishing (1995) pg.418 ISBN 0-7472-7816-4
  2. ^ Stephen Jones, ed. (1994). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1994–95. Headline. p. 64. ISBN 0-7472-7850-4.
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