Seven Sisters RFC

Seven Sisters RFC
Full name Seven Sisters Rugby Football Club
Founded 1897
Location Seven Sisters, Wales
Ground(s) Maes Dafydd (Capacity: 3000)
League(s) WRU Division Three South West
2009-10 5th[1]
Team kit
Official website
www.sevensistersrfc.co.uk

Seven Sisters RFC (Welsh:Clwb Rygbi Blaendulais) is a rugby union club representing the village of Seven Sisters, Wales, playing in the WRU Division 3 South West league. The club are members of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Ospreys.[2]. Founded in 1897, the club is in the middle of what was once the richest source of coal in Britain, if not the world.

During The 1950s and 1960s, when touring teams came to play Seven Sisters they would often be given a tour of the colliery prior to playing a match. It was reputedly common practice that when they were lowered down the shaft, the winding man would deliberately allow the cage to drop like a stone before applying the brake at the last moment. Few touring teams won their matches.

Seven Sisters RFC were relegated in the 2006-07 season from Division Two West into Division Three South West of the Welsh National Leagues.

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Club honours

Trophy Year(s)
Vadre Cup 1930's
Neath Sevens Tournament 1954-54
Neath And District Cup 1947; 1948;
Pontardawe Sevens Cup 1957-58
West Wales Cup 1957; 1958; 1976; 1983; 1984
West Wales President's Cup 1957; 1958; 1961; 1991; 2002
West Wales Championship 1958; 1961; 1967; 1968; 1983; 1991
Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy 1959-60
Neath Junior Cup 1962; 1963; 1964; 1973
Neath And District Shield 1965; 1966
Neath And District Youth Cup 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1975; 1976; 1993
O G Davies Cup 1974; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1980; 1983; 1984; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 2000
Neath And District League 1984
Neath And District All Winner's Cup 1984
Neath And District Championship 1985; 2002
Neath And District Div 1 Championship 1996
H.G Lewis Cup 2002
Ospreys U16's Plate 2005
Swalec Cup: Semi-Final v Llanelli 1997-98

Club records

See also

References

  1. ^ WRU official site
  2. ^ BBC News (2004-07-08). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/3877085.stm. Retrieved 2008-05-30. 

External links

Governing body
National teams
National team competitions
Regional and club teams
Regional and club competitions
Previous competitions
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