Blaina RFC

Blaina RFC

Rugby team
teamname = Blaina RFC
fullname = Blaina Rugby Football Club
nickname = Lambs
location = Blaina, Wales
country

founded = 1875
ground = Central Park
capacity =
president =
coach =
league = WRU Division Three East
season = 2007/08
position = 5th [ [http://www.wru.co.uk/1149_2152.php WRU Official Website - Sourced 18th May 2008] ]
url =

Blaina Rugby Football Club are a Welsh rugby union club based in Blaina in the county borough of Blaenau Gwent in Wales. They presently play in the Welsh Rugby Union Division Three East league and are a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons. [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]

History

Towards the end of the 19th century industrialism in the late Industrial Revolution was spreading through the South Wales Valleys. With the migrant workers into the South Wales coalfield came the game of rugby union and in 1875 players from local sides amalgamated to form a club which played on a ground provided by the Lancaster company.

Their chief patron and founder was a Mr. Sidney Lancaster. ["Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981", David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980), pp27 ISBN 978-0708307663] The club applied for and was accepted into the Welsh Rugby Union in 1895. ["Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981", David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980) pp101 ISBN 978-0708307663 ]

In May 2006 Blaina RFC were one of the 13 'Rebel' clubs who brought a vote of no confidence against the WRU, which centered around financing and the handling of former coach Mike Ruddock's departure. The vote failed heavily with only 20 votes for the motion and over 300 against. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/4768525.stm Welsh clubs give backing to Union - BBC Sports, sourced 16th Aug 2007] ]

Notable players

* Tom Clapp (14 caps) - Wales captain
* Mike Ruddock
* Jack Williams (7 caps) ["Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981", David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980) pp473 ISBN 978-0708307663 ]

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