Kenfig Hill RFC

Kenfig Hill RFC

Full name	Kenfig Hill Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Mules
Founded	1897
Location	Kenfig Hill, Bridgend
Ground(s)	Croft Goch Playing Fields
Chairman	Howard Phillips
Coach(es)	Paul Yardley and Mark Jones
League(s)	WRU Division One West
2009-2010	3rd[1]
Team kit
Official website
teamteq.co.uk/kenfighillrfc/news.php

Kenfig Hill Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Kenfig Hill, South Wales. Kenfig Hill RFC presently play in the Welsh Rugby Union Division one west. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Ospreys.^[2] The club fields a First, Seconds, Youth and Junior teams.

A club was first founded at Kenfig in 1897, though not taking the name Kenfig Hill RFC at the time. In 1914 the club, like many teams in the area, went into liquidation, but reformed after the First World War, playing from Croft Goch Playing Fields.

Kenfig Hill RFC has seen several players progress to represent Wales and the British Lions, including Welsh captain, Jack Bassett.

Club honours

• 1973-74 Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy, winners.

Notable former players

• Arthur A. Bassett
• Jack Bassett
• Cliff Davies
• Tim Fauvel
• Eiryn Gwyn Davies
• Raymond Giles
• Jonathan Humphreys
• Dafydd James
• David Morgan Jenkins dual-code international
• Ned Jenkins (21 caps)
• Alan John Phillips
• Brian Radford
• Aaron Rees
• Craig Warlow
• Matthew Wintle
• Richard Wintle

References