Hendy RFC

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Hendy RFC
Full nameHendy Rugby Football Club
Founded1893
Location Hendy, Wales
Ground(s)Hendy Park
ChairmanJohn Davies
Coach(es)Craig Shingler
Gary Rees
League(s) WRU Division one West
2009-108th [1]
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Official website
www.pitchero.com/clubs/hendy/

Hendy Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Hendy in West Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Llanelli Scarlets. [2]

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References

  1. WRU official site Archived 2010-11-27 at the Wayback Machine
  2. BBC News (8 July 2004). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC . Retrieved 15 June 2008.