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Taibach RFC

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Taibach RFC
Full nameTaibach Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s)Tigers
Founded1894
LocationTaibach, Wales
Ground(s)The Plough
ChairmanPaul Parry
Coach(es)Richard Hopkins, Steve Oliver
League(s)WRU Division Three West Central A
2021/221st[1]
Team kit
Official website
www.taibachrfc.co.uk

Taibach Rugby Football Club are a Welsh rugby union club based in Taibach of Port Talbot in Wales, UK. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is also a feeder club for the Ospreys.[2]

Taibach RFC were the winners of the inaugural Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy competition during the 1956–57 season beating Skewen RFC.

Club honours

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  • Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy 1957 - Champions

Notable former players

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International players

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Senior players

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Players who went on to represent 'Premiership' clubs at senior levels are.

  • Wales Swansea RFC- Richard Hibbard, Matthew Bradley, Mark Fender, Richard Lewis
  • Wales Aberavon RFC- Denzil Jones, James Jones, Matthew Bradley, Michael Kelly, Mark Fender
  • Wales Bridgend RFC-Michael Kelly
  • Wales Neath RFC-James Hook
  • Wales Ospreys-James Hook, Richard Hibbard

Notes

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  1. ^ WRU official website
  2. ^ BBC News (8 July 2004). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC. Retrieved 11 June 2008.