- Waunarlwydd RFC
Rugby team
teamname = Waunarlwydd RFC
fullname = Waunarlwydd Rugby Football Club
nickname = Green and Blacks
location =Waunarlwydd ,Wales
country
founded = 1900(c)
ground = Waunarlwydd Recreation Ground
capacity =
president = Trevor Davies
coach = Rhodri Williams
league =WRU Division Two West
season = 2007-08
position = 12th [ [http://www.wru.co.uk/2092_2164.php? WRU official site] ]WRU Division One West
url = www.waunarlwyddrfc.org.ukWaunarlwydd RFC is a
rugby union Club representing theSwansea suburb ofWaunarlwydd . The club was formed in 1900 and celebrated its centenery with a tour toPrague in theCzech Republic . Waunarlwydd RFC are a member of theWelsh Rugby Union and are afeeder 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=2008-05-21]Waunarlwydd RFC 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 Two West after suffering relegation from Division 1 in 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. [Waunarlwydd RFC 1900-1975 compiled by Eldred Bayliss and Howard George (1975)]
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. The 2004/2005 season saw Waunarlwydd attaining promotion to the
WRU Division One West where they currently play.External links
* [http://www.waunarlwyddrfc.org.uk Waunarlwydd RFC]
* [http://www.wru.co.uk/ Welsh Rugby Union home page]
* [http://sport.guardian.co.uk/rugbyunion/story/0,,1744385,00.html Club no confidence vote for WRU]References
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