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Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip. The club owns 50% of the Ospreys professional rugby side.
[edit] History
The club was founded in 1874 and, in 1881 it became one of the eleven founder clubs of the Welsh Rugby Union.[4][5] Under some protest, Swansea RFC and Neath RFC jointly formed the Neath-Swansea Ospreys in 2003, both clubs remain in existence and play in the semi-professional Welsh Premiership.
[edit] Achievements
Swansea RFC defeated New Zealand 11-3 on Saturday 28th September 1935, becoming the first ever club side to beat the All Blacks.[6]
In November 1992, Swansea RFC defeated world champions Australia 21-6, when Australia played their first match of their Welsh Tour.
Welsh Premier Division champions in:
- 1991/1992
- 1993/1994
- 1997/1998
- 2000/2001
Welsh Cup champions in:
- 1977/1978
- 1994/1995
- 1998/1999
[edit] Notable former players
[edit] References
- ^ The Welsh Academy Encyclopaedia of Wales, John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, Menna Baines and Peredur Lynch (2008) pp782 ISBN 9780708319536
- ^ BBC SPORT | Rugby Union | Welsh | Swansea unveil Webster as coach
- ^ WRU Official Site - Sourced 18th May 2008
- ^ Swansea Rugby Football Club 1873-1945 Book - Images of Sport, Bleddyn Hopkins. Tempus Publishing
- ^ Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981pp41, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)
- ^ All Blacks: 288th All Black Game
- ^ Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981 pp463, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)
- ^ Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981 pp463, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)
- ^ Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981 pp464, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)
- ^ Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981 pp472, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)
- ^ Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981 pp473, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)
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