Abercynon RFC

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Abercynon RFC
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Full nameAbercynon Rugby Football Club
Founded1886
Location Abercynon, Wales
Ground(s)Y Parc
PresidentNeil Edwards
League(s) WRU Division Two East Central
2023-20241st currently [1]
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Official website
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Abercynon Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team based in Abercynon. Today, Abercynon RFC plays in the Welsh Rugby Union Division Two East Central league and are a feeder club for Cardiff Blues. [2]

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The present club badge, designed in the early 1970s, depicts a swing bridge that used to span the river Taff to enable access to the colliery from the Carnetown area of Abercynon. Also on the club badge is the Glamorgan County coat of arms, and the coat of arms of an area bordering on Abercynon known as the Tynte. [3]

Previous players include back to back Welsh Varsity winning legend Jack Perkins. After departing Abercynon, he spent a season with the Keys before spearheading Swansea RFC's campaign to return to the Welsh Premiership. Now back with Abercynon on dual with Merthyr. [4]

Club honours

Club staff

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References

  1. ↑ WRU official site Archived 2010-11-30 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ BBC News (8 July 2004). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC . Retrieved 18 May 2008.
  3. ↑ clubHouse website. Sourced 17th Aug 2007 Archived July 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Swansea RFC New Signing". Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "SWALEC League tables". WRU. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 29 May 2012.


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