Newport Saracens RFC

Newport Saracens RFC
Full name Newport Saracens Rugby Football Club
Founded 1932
Location Maesglas, Newport
Ground(s) Maesglas Fields
Chairman Nicky Parkes/Sam Parselle
Coach(es) Sam Parselle
Captain(s) Adam Davies/Sam Parselle
League(s) WRU Division 3 East - League D
2014-15 12th[1]
Team kit

Newport Saracens RFC are a Welsh rugby union club based in Newport in South Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons.[2]

The club was founded in the 1932/33 and after disbanding during the Second World War, with 95% of their team joining HM Armed Forces, reformed for the 1945/46 season.[3] In 2010 the team withdrew from the WRU Division Three East just before the start of the new season.[4]

References

  1. WRU Official Site
  2. BBC News (2004-07-08). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  3. 1949 Around the Junior Clubs
  4. "Start-of-season shock as Saracens pull out". Wales. 5 September 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2011.