Skewen RFC

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Skewen RFC
Full nameSkewen Rugby Football Club
Founded1883
Location Skewen, Wales
Ground(s)Tennant Park
PresidentRylan Lopez
Coach(es)Matthew McCarthy
Captain(s)Rory Morgan-Williams
League(s) WRU Division One West
2009–101st [1] WRU Division Three South West
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Official website
www.skewen-rfc.co.uk

Skewen Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Skewen, South Wales. Skewen RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Ospreys. [2]

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Club history

There's evidence of a Skewen rugby team playing as early as 1879 with a match reported in "The Western Mail" against Neath being played on 4 January 1879, losing by 2 tries and 4 touch downs to nil, at the Court Herbert Field. [3]

During the 1897/88 season they applied for and were successful in gaining membership to the Welsh Rugby Union, though funding remained an issue and it is recorded that during the 1902/03 season the club still claimed no money from the WRU. In 1904 the club secured a regular playing ground at Cae Lynch, from here they could charge a few pence for admission. In 1905 they switched grounds to Cae Wathen, the same year the club held their first official dinner, an important event for any rugby club.

Unlike most Welsh clubs, rugby was still played in Skewen during the First World War, but mainly as charity matches between local collieries. In 1920 the club was playing competitive rugby and managed to beat Bridgend RFC a team that played at a far higher level than Skewen. In 1936 Skewen RFC moved to their present pitch at Tennant Park. During the second World War all rugby ceased under the orders of the WRU.

Skewen RFC were the losing finalists of the inaugural Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy competition during the 1956–57 season.

Welsh international props Paul James, Rhodri Wells and Craig Mitchell came through Skewens junior teams, as did centre Ashley Beck.

Club honours

Notable past players

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References

  1. ↑ WRU official site
  2. ↑ BBC News (8 July 2004). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC . Retrieved 30 May 2008.
  3. ↑ "FOOTBALL. I|1879-01-07|The Western Mail - Welsh Newspapers".
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