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Revision as of 21:15, 15 August 2017
| Full name | Cwmtwrch Rugby Football Club |
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| Founded | 1890 |
| Location | Cwmtwrch, Wales |
| Ground(s) | Glyncawl Park View |
| Coach(es) | Geraint Roach |
| League(s) | WRU Division Five South West |
| 2009-10 | 10th[1] |
| Official website | |
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Cwmtwrch Rugby Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Rygbi Cwmtwrch) is a Welsh rugby union team officially founded in 1890. The team colours are black and white. Their home ground is Glyncawl Park View, Cwmtwrch. Cwmtwrch currently have a Senior XV who play in the WRU Division Five South West league and is a feeder club for the Ospreys.[2]
Cwmtwrch have for the first time in 30 years a Youth XV who play in the WRU Osprey D league, and a junior section from under-8s up to under-11s.
1880-1914
In 1890 an official Cwmtwrch team took the field for the first time; though it is presumed that rugby had been played in the town before this. The first ground for Cwmtwrch RFC, Glyncawl Park View, is the pitch the team still plays on today; since returning there after the Second World War.
The club's first captain was not recorded until 1903 when D.Davies held the position.
In 1909 Cwmtwrch RFC merged with neighbouring club, Cwmllynfell.
Notable former players
Howell Lewis (4 caps)- Tudor Williams (1 cap)
- Albert Owen (1 cap)
- Clive Rowlands (1 cap)
References
- ^ WRU website Archived 2010-11-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ BBC News (2004-07-08). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC. Retrieved 2008-05-18.