Taffs Well RFC

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Taffs Well RFC
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Full nameTaffs Well Rugby Football Club
Founded1887
Location Taff's Well, Wales
Ground(s)Maes Gwyn
PresidentPhil Steele
Coach(es)Leigh Medlicott
League(s) WRU Div 2 East Central
2015/16 Div 3B Champions/WRU Bowl Finalists/Silver Ball S/Finalists/2016/17 Blues Youth division F Champions/2017/18 Div 3A R/U/Women's SWALEC Bowl Finalists Div. 3 East Central R/U 2016/17 Women's Bowl Finalists 2016/17 [1]
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Taffs Well Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club based in Taff's Well in south Wales. Taffs Well RFC were founded in 1887 and applied for and were successful in gaining membership to the Welsh Rugby Union in 1900. The club is a feeder club for the Cardiff Blues. [2]

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The first recorded game took place at Pentyrch RFC, which Taffs Well RFC duly won by two goals, four tries and seven minors to nil.

The club has produced three Welsh captains, six Welsh internationals and three British and Irish Lions.

British and Irish LionsWelsh CaptainsWelsh Internationals
Bleddyn Williams Bleddyn Williams Bleddyn Williams
Steve Fenwick Steve Fenwick Steve Fenwick
-Lloyd WilliamsLloyd Williams
Ian Stephens - Ian Stephens
--Harry Reese
-Geraint DaweTom Lewis

Club honours

Notable former players

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References

  1. WRU Official Site
  2. BBC News (8 July 2004). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC . Retrieved 1 June 2008.