Pontypool RFC
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Pontypool Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team currently playing in the Welsh Premier Division Their home ground is Pontypool Park, (Pontypool).
The great days of Pontypool RFC were in the 1970s and 1980s, when Ray Prosser was coach for eighteen years from 1969. An away match at Pontypool was a daunting experience for even the strongest sides during this period. Their best ever season was probably 1987-88, when they won 35 matches out of 36, scoring 1011 points.
The club's strength during its glory days was its forwards, particularly the legendary "Pontypool Front Row" celebrated in song by Max Boyce. The Pontypool Front Row also known as the "Viet Gwent", (motto "We may go down; we may go up; but we never go back")was made up of Graham Price, Bobby Windsor and Charlie Faulkner and played as a unit 19 times for Wales, only finishing on the losing side four times. They also played as a unit for the British and Irish Lions in several midweek matches, though never in a test. Other notable players were Terry Cobner, David Bishop, Jeff Squire, Eddie Butler, Staff Jones, John Perkins and Chris Huish.
[edit] Club Honours
- Welsh cup 1983
[edit] References
- David Parry-Jones (1989). The rugby clubs of Wales. Stanley Paul. ISBN 0-09-173850-4.
[edit] External links
| Federation: | Welsh Rugby Union |
| National team: | Welsh national team • Wales Sevens • British and Irish Lions |
| International Competitions: | Rugby World Cup • Six Nations Championship • Heineken Cup • European Challenge Cup • European Shield • Celtic League • Powergen Cup |
| Domestic Competitions: | Welsh Premier Division • Welsh Cup • ASDA League |
| Welsh Regions: | Cardiff Blues • Llanelli Scarlets • Newport Gwent Dragons • Ospreys |
| Welsh Premier Division teams: | Aberavon • Bedwas • Bridgend Ravens • Cardiff • Cross Keys • Ebbw Vale • Glamorgan Wanderers • Llandovery • Llanelli • Maesteg • Neath • Newport • Pontypridd • Swansea Sharks |
