Waunarlwydd RFC

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Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Waunarlwydd RFC
Full nameWaunarlwydd Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s)The Rams
Founded1901(c)
Location Waunarlwydd, Wales
Ground(s)Waunarlwydd Recreation Ground
ChairmanAndrew Wedlake
Coach(es)Jonny Lewis, Daniel Joseph
Captain(s)Chris Seeley
League(s) WRU Division One West
2021-227th
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Official website
www.waunarlwyddrfc.org.uk

Waunarlwydd Rugby Football Club are a Welsh rugby union club based in the village of Waunarlwydd, Swansea. Waunarlwydd are a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and are a feeder club for the Ospreys. [1]

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Formed in 1900 the club celebrated its centenary with a tour to Prague in the Czech Republic.

The club runs teams at all ages between Under 8 and Under 16, a youth section consisting of under 17's and under 19's, seniors, veterans and women's teams. Waunarlwydd currently plays in the WRU Division One West following promotion from WRU Division Two West in the 2009/2010 season. It is the club's second spell in Division One; they originally attained promotion following the 2004/2005 season before being relegated at the end of the 2007/2008 season.

Club history

Waunarlwydd RFC was formed in 1900 and originally played on what is now the Common at Mynydd Bach Y Glo. The team changed at the Arcade, this being the name of the building on the corner of Swansea Road and Bryn Road. There were no club colours and players provided their own jerseys, whatever the colour. In 1908 Waunarlwydd played in a Championship final at St. Helen's. Their opponents were Baycliff, a team from the Sandfields area a match which saw Waunarlwydd have eight players sent off. [2]

The club tasted their first championship success in season 1921-1922 when they won the Third Division Championship of the Swansea & District Rugby Union. In 1933 made its first application for membership of the Welsh Rugby Union. The team won the Swansea and District Rugby Union league and cup double in the 1950/51 season.

In the 1984/85 season the 'green and blacks' reached the West Wales Cup Final following victories against Ystradgynlais, Tumble and Seven Sisters in the preceding rounds. Waunarlwydd RFC met, and lost to, Carmarthen Athletic in the final.

Past Players

Liam San-Jay Williams - Scarlets, Saracens, Cardiff, Wales, B&I Lions. Nicky Smith - Ospreys, Wales. Scott Otten - Ospreys. Matthew Protheroe - Gloucester. England Elite 18, 20'S. Nicky Thomas - Gloucester. Dai Watts - Swansea Rfc. Keelan Giles - Ospreys. David Weatherley - Swansea and Wales

Current squad

PlayerPositionPlayerPosition
Rhys FlowerHookerJoel MatuschkeScrum half
Rhys Mango CherryHookerMorgan CouchScrum half/ Wing
Mike MaddocksHookerPhil EvansPack
Steff Turkish JonesFlankerCharlie SmithFly Half
Nick Clous JonesFly Half
Chris SeeleyPropAndrew Rees-SpowartFly Half/ Center
Ryan PorterPropJonny LewisFly Half/ CenterIwan Norman

Second Row/ Flanker

Dan Mush MoyleLock/ 8keiran LewisCenter
Sam KirwanLockRhys PowellCenter


Dan JosephFlankerAdam MortCenter
Daryll MooreLockTom WedlakeCenter
Sion EvansFlankerCallum Owen
James ClearyFlankerRhodri WilliamsWing
Rhys SattsWing
Owain GreenCentreWill ThomasFullback

References

  1. BBC News (2004-07-08). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC . Retrieved 2008-05-21.
  2. Waunarlwydd RFC 1900-1975 compiled by Eldred Bayliss and Howard George (1975)