Cardiff HSOB RFC

Rugby team
teamname = Cardiff HSOB RFC
fullname = Cardiff High School Old Boys Rugby Football Club
nickname = Cardiff Harlequins
location = Cardiff, Wales
country

founded = 1928
ground = Diamond Ground
capacity =
president = Richard Pexton
coach = Crispin Cormack
John Wakeford
league = WRU Division Four South East
season = 2007/08
position = 5th [ [http://www.wru.co.uk/1154_2132.php? WRU official site] ]
url = www.chsobrfc.co.uk

Cardiff HSOB Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club based in Cardiff in Wales. They club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for 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=2008-05-28] .

Cardiff HSOB RFC owe their creation from student pressure to play the game of rugby in Cardiff High School where football (soccer) had been the sport of choice. In 1921 a rugby game was played between the Old Boys and a school XV. They played for two seasons but disbanded after the loss of their playing field.

In 1928 the team reformed when a new playing ground was made available, and it is this date that the team take as their founding year. Their first match was surprisingly against the far more experienced and grounded Cardiff RFC at the Cardiff Arms Park. As with all clubs in Wales the team disbanded during both World War periods but have been playing continuously from 1928. Originally the club only selected former students from Cardiff High School, but open membership was allowed in 1966.

Notable former players

* John Wakeford

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