Glamorgan Wanderers RFC

Rugby team


teamname = Glamorgan Wanderers RFC
fullname = Glamorgan Wanderers Rugby Football Club
nickname = The Wanderers
location = Cardiff, Wales
country

founded = 1893 ["Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1981-82" ed. Vivian Jenkins ISBN 090757405X]
ground = Memorial Ground
capacity =
chairman =
coach = Richard Hodges
league = Welsh Premier Division
season = 2007-08
position = 10th [ [http://www.wru.co.uk/985_12428.php WRU Official website] ]
url = www.glamorganwanderers.co.uk
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Glamorgan Wanderers are a Welsh rugby union club based in Ely, Cardiff in South Wales. They currently play their rugby in the Principality premiership. Glamorgan Wanderers are a feeder club to the Cardiff Blues. [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=2008-05-18]

Glamorgan Wanderers began their life as the Old Monktonians, formed by ex-pupils of Monkton House School in 1893. ["The Rugby Clubs of Wales" pp122, David Parry-Jones (1989) ISBN 0091738504] In 1913 the team changed their name to Glamorgan Wanderers to reflect the wider intake of their membership. The club played rugby on seven different grounds in the earlier years, including former Cardiff RFC ground Sophia Gardens and Llandaff RFC's pitch Bishop's Field ["The Rugby Clubs of Wales" pp122, David Parry-Jones (1989) ISBN 0091738504] , until they were able to purchase their present ground in 1951. ["Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981" pp331, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)] The ground was purchased via various fund raising appeals and is named the Memorial Ground in honour of former players who had lost their lives in the two World Wars. ["The Rugby Clubs of Wales" pp122, David Parry-Jones (1989) ISBN 0091738504]

Their most famous president was former Welsh Rugby Union secretary Sir Tasker Watkins Q.C. who was awarded the Victoria Cross for his efforts in the Second World War.

Rugby Sevens

The Wanderers were an important influence on rugby sevens in Wales, having hosted the country's first seven-a-side competition in April 1939. The game of seven-a-side rugby had been played in England since 1926, but the Welsh Rugby Union had blocked any attempts for the game to be played for profit. The profits from these first games by Glamorgan Wanderers were donated to charities stipulated by the WRU. ["Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981" pp298, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)]

Club honours

*Snelling Sevens 1986 - Champions
*Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy 1999-00 - Winners

Notable former players

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Games played against international opposition

References