Ystradgynlais RFC

Ystradgynlais RFC

Full name	Ystradgynlais Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s)	The Blues
Founded	1890
Location	Ystradgynlais, Wales
Ground(s)	Recreation Ground (Capacity: 5000)
Chairman	John Davies
President	Glyn Rees
Coach(es)	Vernon Cooper
Captain(s)	Emyr Lawrence
League(s)	WRU Division Five South West
2012/13	9th
Team kit
Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/ystradgynlais

Ystradgynlais Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club based in Ystradgynlais, Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is also a feeder club for the Ospreys.^[1]

The club was established in 1890.

Club honours

• West Wales Cup Champions (1938)
• Swansea Valley Cup (13 Occasions)
• Promotion to Heineken League (1991)
• Promotion from Division 3 (1993)
• Cwmtawe 7s Champions (1994)
• Division 2 Champions (1995)
• Promotion from Division 5 South West (2008)
• West Wales Plate Champions (2008)

Former notable players

• Joe Jones (Wales)
• Steve Bayliss (Wales (RL))
• Anthony Buchanan(Wales)
• Jonny Koloi (Tonga)
• Kevin Hopkins (Wales)
• Tom Hopkins (Wales)
• Stan Wright (Cook Islands)
• Vernon Cooper (Wales)
• Albert Owen (Wales)
• Mark Bennett (Wales)
• David Lewis (Wales B)
• Ogwyn Alexander (Wales B)
• William Lewis Thomas (Final Welsh Trialist)
• Ness Flowers (Wales(RL))
• Dan Baker (Wales)

Memorable Results

• Ystradgynlais 6 Pontarddulais 3 (West Wales Cup Final 1938)
• Ystradgynlais 6 Llanelli 6 (Welsh Cup 1978)
• Ystradgynlais 9 Garndiffaith 8 (Play Off 1991)
• Ystradgynlais 16 Pontypridd 15 (Centenary Game 1991)
• Ystradgynlais 10 Newport 9 (Welsh Cup 1994)
• Ystradgynlais 52 Cefneithin 10 (West Wales Plate Final 2008)

References