Kidwelly RFC

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Kidwelly RFC
Full nameKidwelly Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s)Black and Ambers
Founded1880 (c)
Location Kidwelly, Wales
Ground(s)Parc Stephens (Capacity: Unknown)
ChairmanDennis Williams
Coach(es)Stan Liptrott
League(s) WRU Division Two West
2009-105th [1]
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Kidwelly Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club representing the town of Kidwelly, Carmarthenshire, South Wales. Rugby was first played in Kidwelly around 1880, though as is usual within early Welsh rugby history, no written evidence exists to give an exact year of formation. Kidwelly RFC are members of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Llanelli Scarlets. [2]

Between 1890 and 1891, a former Kidwelly RFC senior player, Stephen Thomas, represented Wales in three international games, though at the time of these matches he played for Llanelli RFC. Two other former Kidwelly players, Ray Gravell and Gerald Davies, represented Wales, though Gravelle had only played for the Kidwelly youth team.

Notable former players

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Kidwelly RFC Headquarters in Station Road, Kidwelly

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References

  1. ↑ "SWALEC League Two West Table". WRU. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010.
  2. ↑ "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC News. 8 July 2004. Retrieved 22 August 2008.
  3. ↑ David Smith; Gareth Williams (1980). Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981. p. 465.
  4. ↑ David Smith; Gareth Williams (1980). Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981. p. 472.


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