Builth Wells RFC

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Builth Wells RFC
Full nameBuilth Wells Rugby Football Club
Union Welsh Rugby Union
Nickname(s)The Bulls
Founded1888;135 years ago (1888)
Location Builth Wells, Wales
Ground(s)The Groe
PresidentMike Price
Coach(es)Ben Duggan & Lex Botha
League(s) WRU Division One West
2012–131st WRU Division Two West
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Official website
www.builthrugby.co.uk

Builth Wells Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team based in Builth Wells. Today, Builth Wells RFC play in the Welsh Rugby Union, Division Two West Central League. Builth Wells RFC are a feeder club for Cardiff Blues. [1]

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The club badge shows a bull charging beneath a rugby post. Builth is thought to be a corruption of Llanfair Ym Muallt (buallt), meaning the Church of St. Mary in the Cow Pasture. The original bull was white.

Past honours

Notable former players

The following players have represented Builth Wells and have been capped at international level.

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