Builth Wells RFC
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Builth Wells RFC | ||||||||||||||||||
Full name | Builth Wells Rugby Football Club | |||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | The Bulls | |||||||||||||||||
Founded | 1888 | |||||||||||||||||
Location | Builth Wells, Wales | |||||||||||||||||
Ground(s) | The Groe | |||||||||||||||||
League | WRU Division Two East | |||||||||||||||||
2007-08 | 5th[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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Official website | ||||||||||||||||||
www.builthwellsrfc.co.uk | ||||||||||||||||||
Builth Wells Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team based in Builth Wells. Today, Builth Wells RFC plays in the Welsh Rugby Union, Division Two East League. Builth Wells RFC are a feeder club for Cardiff Blues.[2]
The club badge shows a bull charging beneath a rugby post. Builth is thought to be a corruption of Llanfair Ym Muallt (buallt), meaning Bull in the meadow of St Mary’s. The original bull was white.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ WRU official site
- ^ BBC News (2004-07-08). Wales' regional rugby map. BBC. Retrieved on 2008-05-18.
- ^ clubHouse website. Sourced 17th Aug 2007
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