Waunarlwydd RFC
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| Waunarlwydd RFC | |||
| Full name | Waunarlwydd Rugby Football Club | ||
| Nickname(s) | Green and Blacks | ||
| Founded | 1900(c) | ||
| Location | Waunarlwydd, Wales | ||
| Ground(s) | Waunarlwydd Recreation Ground | ||
| President | Trevor Davies | ||
| Coach | Rhodri Williams | ||
| League | WRU Division One West | ||
| 2007-08 | 12th[1] | ||
| Official website | |||
| www.waunarlwyddrfc.org.uk | |||
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Waunarlwydd RFC is a Rugby union Club representing the Swansea suburb of Waunarlwydd. The club was formed in 1900 and celebrated its centenery with a tour to Prague in the Czech Republic. Waunarlwydd RFC are a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and are a feeder club for the Ospreys.[2]
Waunarlwydd RFC runs teams at all ages between Under 8 and Under 16, a Youth Section consisting of Under 17's and Under 19's, Seniors, Veterans and Women's Teams. Waunarlwydd currently plays in the WRU Division One West after achieving promotion from Division 2 in the 2004/2005 season.
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[edit] Club History
Waunarlwydd RFC was formed in 1900 and originally played on what is now the Common at Mynydd Bach Y Glo. The team changed at the Arcade, this being the name of the building on the corner of Swansea Road and Bryn Road. There were no club colours and players provided their own jerseys, whatever the colour. In 1908 Waunarlwydd played in a Championship final at St. Helen's. Their opponents were Baycliff, a team from the Sandfields area a match which saw Waunarlwydd have eight players sent off.[3]
The club tasted their first championship success in season 1921-1922 when they won the Third Division Championship of the Swansea & District Rugby Union. In 1933 made its first application for membership of the Welsh Rugby Union. The team won the Swansea and District Rugby Union league and cup double in the 1950/51 season.
In the 1984/85 season the 'green and blacks' reached the West Wales Cup Final following victories against Ystradgynlais, Tumble and Seven Sisters in the preceding rounds. Waunarlwydd RFC met, and lost to, Carmarthen Athletic in the final. The 2004/2005 season saw Waunarlwydd attaining promotion to the WRU Division One West where they currently play.
[edit] See also
- Welsh national team
- History of rugby union
- Celtic League
- Welsh Premier Division
- ASDA Welsh Leagues
- WRU Challenge Cup
- List of Welsh rugby union teams
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