Taibach RFC

Taibach RFC

Full name	Taibach Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s)	Tigers
Founded	1894
Location	Taibach, Wales
Ground(s)	The Plough
Chairman	Paul Parry
Coach(es)	Richard Hopkins, Steve Oliver
League(s)	WRU Division Three West Central A
2021/22	1st [1]
Team kit
Official website
www.taibachrfc.co.uk

Taibach Rugby Football Club are a Welsh rugby union club based in Taibach of Port Talbot in Wales, UK. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is also a feeder club for the Ospreys. ^[2]

Taibach RFC were the winners of the inaugural Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy competition during the 1956–57 season beating Skewen RFC.

Club honours

• Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy 1957 - Champions

Notable former players

International players

• Richard Hibbard
• James Hook
• Daniel Jones
• Trevor Lloyd
• William Mainwaring
• Alan McCarley
• Bryn Phillips
• Walter Vickery
• Evan Williams
• Gerwyn Williams
• Andrew Millward

Senior players

Players who went on to represent 'Premiership' clubs at senior levels are.

• Swansea RFC- Richard Hibbard, Matthew Bradley, Mark Fender, Richard Lewis
• Aberavon RFC- Denzil Jones, James Jones, Matthew Bradley, Michael Kelly, Mark Fender
• Bridgend RFC-Michael Kelly
• Neath RFC-James Hook
• Ospreys-James Hook, Richard Hibbard

Notes

1. WRU official website
2. BBC News (8 July 2004). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC . Retrieved 11 June 2008.