Builth Wells RFC

Builth Wells RFC

Rugby team
teamname = Builth Wells RFC
fullname = Builth Wells Rugby Football Club
nickname = The Bulls
location = Builth Wells, Wales
country

founded = 1888
ground = The Groe
capacity =
president =
coach =
league = WRU Division Two West
season = 2007-08
position = 5th [ [http://www.wru.co.uk/1147_2160.php WRU official site] ] WRU Division Two East
url = www.builthwellsrfc.co.uk
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Builth Wells Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team based in Builth Wells. Today, Builth Wells RFC plays in the Welsh Rugby Union, Division Two West League. Builth Wells RFC are a feeder club for 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]

The club badge shows a bull charging beneath a rugby post. Builth is thought to be a corruption of Llanfair Ym Muallt (buallt), meaning Bull in the meadow of St Mary’s. The original bull was white. [ [http://journalism.cf.ac.uk/clubhouse/index.php?id=c2hvdy0yMDAtMzQyLTAtMzQ1 clubHouse website. Sourced 17th Aug 2007] ]

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