Bedwas RFC

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Bedwas RFC
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Full nameBedwas Rugby Football Club
Founded1889;134 years ago (1889)
Location Bedwas, Wales
Ground(s)The Bridge Field (Capacity: 2,000 [1] )
League(s) Welsh Championship
2018-1913th Welsh Premier Division
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Official website
www.bedwasrfc.co.uk

Bedwas RFC (Welsh : Clwb Rygbi Bedwas) is a rugby union club located in the Welsh village of Bedwas. Bedwas has two senior teams, their 1st XV competing in the Welsh Championship and their development side, the Bedwas Barbarians. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for Dragons regional team. [2]

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Club history

Like many Welsh rugby teams the origin of the club is difficult to piece together having been formed by local workers rather than by a college or university. There is some evidence that a team played in Bedwas as early as 1885, though official recognition of Bedwas RFC is placed at 1889.

Bedwas RFC was a founding member of both the Junior Monmouthshire League (1903) and the Rhymney Valley League (1906), and in 1910 applied for and succeeded in joining the Welsh Rugby Union. At the outbreak of World War I (1914) rugby ceased in most of South Wales and this was true of Bedwas. After the war a period of rebuilding occurred with the club based initially at the Church Inn before moving to Bridge End Inn during the 1920–21 season. During this period Bedwas RFC enjoyed connections with local colliery owner and airline magnate Sir Samuel Instone. [3]

1926 saw a great economic depression in South Wales and as local young men left to find work in more prosperous areas, rugby in Bedwas waned.

Post World War II saw a rebuilding of rugby in Bedwas and in 1947 the club acquired Bridge field and an ex-Ministry of Works long hut which became the club house. In 1960 the club formed a youth team. Bedwas also have a very successful seconds side which remains undefeated in the 2007–08 season.

In 2007, Bedwas were the only club in the Welsh Premier League to be threatened with relegation due to them initially failing a facilities review conducted by the WRU. [4]

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national union under World Rugby eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-World Rugby nationality.

PlayerPositionUnion
Kieran Crawford Hooker Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Elliot Dee Hooker Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Alan Fowler Hooker Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Matthew Pettit Prop Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Phil Price Prop Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Scott Roberts Prop Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Royce Cadman Lock Flag of England.svg England
Gareth Knight Lock Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Phillip Williams Lock Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
James Murphy Lock Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Rob Carter Flanker Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Sam Feehan Flanker Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Richard Jenkins Flanker Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Brendon Lampitt Flanker Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Phil Sargent Flanker Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Rhys Watkins Flanker Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
James Benjamin Number 8 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Deri Mattravers Number 8 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Andrew Tibbatts Number 8 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
PlayerPositionUnion
Joshua Davies Scrum-half Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Luc Jones Scrum-half Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
James Pizey Scrum-half Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
David Walsh Scrum-half Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Ethan Davies Fly-half Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Adam Greendale Fly-half Flag of England.svg England
Chris Wannell Fly-half Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Ross Wardle Fly-half Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Tom Cooper Centre Flag of England.svg England
Jack Dixon Centre Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
George Gasson Centre Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Charlie Johnson Centre Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Kristian Owen Centre Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Dan Dearden Wing Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Elliot Foils Wing Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Nathan Hill Wing Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Dan Hitchings Wing Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Jamie Jones Wing Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Ryan Owen Wing Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Matthew Pizey Wing Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Hallam Amos Fullback Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Stuart Thomas Fullback Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales
Gethin Worgan Fullback Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Wales

Notable former players

The following players have represented Bedwas and have been capped at international level.

See also Category:Bedwas RFC players

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References

  1. ↑ "World Stadiums - Stadiums in the United Kingdom :: Wales". Archived from the original on 2010-03-27. Retrieved 2010-01-01.
  2. ↑ BBC News (2004-07-08). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC . Retrieved 2008-05-28.
  3. ↑ Rugby in Wales
  4. ↑ "Bedwas RFC face relegation threat". 2007-03-13. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
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