Pontypool United RFC

Pontypool United RFC
Full name Pontypool United Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s) United
Location Pontypool, Wales
Ground(s) Memorial Ground
President Mark Jones
Coach(es) Gareth John Jenkins, Stefan Jones
League(s) WRU Division Three East
2011-12 4th[1]
Team kit

Pontypool United Rugby Football Club are a Welsh rugby union club based in Pontypool South Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons, currently playing in the Welsh Rugby Union Division 3 East and Challenge Cup.

Pontypool United are a separate team from Pontypool RFC who play in the Welsh Premier Division, but the two clubs are classed as a neighboring clubs within Pontypool town. Pontypool United have been known to develop future Pontypool RFC players through the clubs Colts, Youth and Senior squads. Pontypool United's ground the Memorial Ground, Conway Road is also home to local amateur rugby league club, the Torfaen Tigers since the year 2003 when they established.

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