Senghenydd RFC

Rugby team
teamname = Senghenydd RFC
fullname = Senghenydd Rugby Football Club
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location = Senghenydd, Wales
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founded = 1898
ground = The Welfare Ground
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coach = Dany Johnson
league = WRU Division Four South East
season = 2007/08
position = 11th [ [http://www.wru.co.uk/87_7369.php?] WRU Official Website sourced 27th May 2008] (WRU Division Three East)
url = www.senghenyddrfc.com
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Senghenydd Rugby Football Club are a Welsh rugby union club based in Senghenydd in South Wales. The club formed during the 1898/99 season built around the immigrant workers coming from port areas around Wales to find employment in the newly sunk Senghenydd coal mines.

Early history

1904 saw the great religious revival ["Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981", David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980) pp120] throughout South Wales led by the lay preacher, Evan Roberts. Rugby was seen as a wicked sport leading to violence and drunkenness, and Roberts managed to convert so many to his cause that Senghenydd RFC disbanded due to a lack of players. In 1907 a rugby team reformed under the name Senghenydd Bluebells RFC, before reverting back to Senghenydd RFC.

On the 14th October 1913 Britain's worst ever mining disaster occurred at Senghenydd Colliery, amongst the 439 victims were five members of Senghenydd RFC.

During the 1914/15 season Senghenydd applied for and was successful in gaining membership of the Wales Rugby Union. This would allow them to play the larger affiliated clubs and take part in more accepted cup competitions. This new era of rugby did not occur due to the outbreak of World War I causing the cessation of competitive rugby throughout Wales.

Club honours

*1911/12 Cardiff and District League Championship, 2nd Division - Champions
*1911/12 Lord Ninian Stuart Cup - Champions
*1923/24 Lord Ninian Stuart Cup - Champions
*1924/25 Lord Ninian Stuart Cup - Champions
*1949/50 Ivor Williams Cup - Champions
*1970/71 Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy - Winners
*1971/72 Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy - Winners
*1976/77 Ivor Williams Cup - Champions

External links

* [http://www.senghenyddrfc.com/ Senghenydd RFC]

References

* "Senghenydd : the village and its rugby club" Boulton, William G., pub.Starling (1982)