Caerphilly RFC
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Caerphilly Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team founded in 1887. Their home ground is Virginia Park in Caerphilly. Their nickname is The Cheesemen. One supporter has been known to shout 'Let the cheese run through your veins' when Caer are not playing that well.
They are playing in the Asda League Division 1 EAST in the 2006-2007 season.
The club was formed in 1887, and have spent many years in the top divisions of Welsh league rugby. Their home ground Virginia Park is a small stadium with all-seated stands on either side of the pitch and a non-seated stand at one end of the pitch. When rain falls during a home game, the regular standing fans tend to chant "We wanna roof! We wanna roof" till the rain (or the game) finishes. As yet they are still waiting for a roof. Caerphilly also featured in two recent cup finals, the Parker Pen Shield European Cup Final 2002 (losing to French team Castres Olympique) & the Welsh Cup Final in 2004 (losing to Neath RFC).
In history, an interesting episode during World War II saw German aircraft bombing Virginia Park, as they believed it was being used as an airfield!
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| Federation: | Welsh Rugby Union |
| National team: | Wales 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 • Rugby World Cup Sevens • IRB Sevens World Series |
| 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 |
