Pontarddulais RFC

Rugby team
teamname = Pontarddulais RFC
fullname = Pontarddulais Rugby Football Club
nickname = Bont
location = Pontarddulais, Wales
country

founded = 1881
ground = Coedbach Park
capacity = 1000 [ [http://journalism.cf.ac.uk/clubhouse/index.php?id=c2hvdy0yMDAtMzQyLTAtNTA1 Clubhouse website] ]
president = Gerald Davies
coach =
league = WRU Division Four West
season = 2007-08
position = 6th [ [http://www.wru.co.uk/1156_2124.php WRU official site] ]
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url = www.pontarddulais-rfc.co.uk

Pontarddulais Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the town of Pontarddulais in Wales, UK. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Ospreys. [cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/3877085.stm |title=Wales' regional rugby map |author=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=2004-07-08 |accessdate=2008-05-28]

Although rugby had been played in Pontarddulais before the club's formation, it wasn't until 22nd September 1881 that the local inhabitants decided on creating an official rugby club. The fact that Ponterddulias have a formation date is fairly uncommon if not unique in Welsh rugby union clubs formed before World War I; as most other teams did not record the event. In the early 1890s the team played in a green strip but had changed to their present green and amber by the turn of the century.

Club honours

*WRU Division Seven West 1999/2000 - Champions
*WRU Division Six West 2000/01 - Champions
*WRU Division Four West 2005/06 - Champions

Notable Players

* D. Onllwyn Brace (9 caps)
* D. Idwal Davies (1 cap)
* W. Dillwyn Johnson (1 cap)
* A. Vaughan Jones
* Derwyn Jones (19 caps) [ [http://www.sporting-heroes.net/rugby-heroes/displayhero.asp?HeroID=3981 Sporting Heroes] ]
* Jim Lang (12 caps)
* Gareth Roberts
* Darill Williams

References