Neyland RFC

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Neyland RFC
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Full nameNeyland Rugby Football Club
Union Welsh Rugby Union
Nickname(s)All Blacks
Founded1885
Location Neyland, Wales
Ground(s)The Athletic Ground
ChairmanJohn Laugharne
PresidentRodney Chamberlain
Coach(es)Graham Richards and Steven Evans
Captain(s) Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Mark James
League(s) WRU Division Three West A
2018/196th [1]
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Official website
www.neylandrfc.co.uk

Neyland Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the town of Neyland in West Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Scarlets. [2]

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Neyland Rugby Football Club claim to have been founded in 1885 and celebrated their 125th anniversary during the 2011–12 season. [3] In 1946, just after the reformation of competitive rugby in Wales after the events of the Second World War, the club formed a joint committee with the local cricket club to purchase a playing field. [4] The playing fields would, in 1963, become part of the local Athletics Club. In 2015, Neyland Rugby Football Club turned 130 years old. Five years later, in 2020, the club celebrated its 135th anniversary year.

Club honours

In the 2009/10 season, after several years in WRU Division Five West, Neyland were promoted to WRU Division Four West after winning the league. It was an impressive season with the senior team losing only one of the 22 games of the tournament, and scoring more tries than any team across all regions and divisions; a total of 150. [5]

Kit

Neyland traditionally play in black shirts, with black shorts and black socks. They occasionally wear an alternative kit: a white shirt with black hoops and red sleeves, with black shorts and socks.

Rivalries

Neyland's main rivals include Milford Haven RFC, Pembroke Dock Harlequins RFC and Llangwm RFC. However, with the Division now much more localised, almost every game is a local derby.

Notable former players

Although no players have been directly capped for an international team from Neyland, Tommy Evans began his career for the club before switching to first-class clubs Llanelli and then Swansea, gaining his cap for the later in 1925. [6] It was with Swansea that Evans also faced the 'Invincible' 1924 touring New Zealand team. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ / (https://community.wru.wales/club/national-leagues/national-leagues-fixtures-and-results/league-3-west-a/)
  2. ↑ BBC News (8 July 2004). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC . Retrieved 15 June 2008.
  3. ↑ "Two arrested over theft of Neyland rugby club anniversary kits". Western Telegraph. 21 March 2011. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "Pembrokeshire Record Office, Records of Neyland Rugby Club". Archive Wales. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  5. ↑ "Just champion – Neyland RFC". pembrokeshiresport.co.uk. 30 June 2010. Retrieved 29 April 2011.
  6. ↑ Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1981-82, Vivian Jenkins (1982) pg215. ISBN   0-907574-05-X
  7. ↑ Jenkins, John M.; et al. (1991). Who's Who of Welsh International Rugby Players. Wrexham: Bridge Books. p. 59. ISBN   1-872424-10-4.
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