- Bangor RFC
Rugby team
teamname = Bangor RFC
fullname = Bangor Rugby Football Club
nickname =
location = BangorGwynedd
country
founded = 1876
ground = Cae Milltir
capacity =
president = Alan Davies
coach = Dafydd Myrddin
league =WRU Division Five North
season = 2007-08
position = Withdrew [ [http://www.wru.co.uk/1162_2096.php? Official WRU League Tables. Sourced 13th June 2008.] ]
url = www.bangor-rugby.co.uk
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leftarm1=2E8B57|body1=2E8B57|rightarm1=2E8B57|shorts1=000000|socks1=2E8B57Bangor Rugby Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Rygbi Bangor) is a Welsh
rugby union team based in Bangor, NorthWales . Bangor RFC is a founding member of theWelsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for theLlanelli Scarlets . [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=2008-06-13] The club fields a Seniors, Youth, Juniors and Ladies teams.History
Bangor RFC was formed in 1876, with three players in the team who would eventually represent their country, Hugh Vincent, Charles Allen and Godfrey Derbishire. In 1881 Bangor RFC sent representatives to the Castle Hotel in
Neath where they were one of the clubs that formed theWelsh Rugby Union . ["Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981" pp41, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)] That same year Bangor RFC player Godfrey Derbishire played in the very first Welsh international against England. ["Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981" pp40, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)]All competitive rugby ceased in Wales after the outbreak of
World War I , and Bangor RFC disbanded. Although rugby was played after the War it wasn't until 1929 that Bangor RFC reformed and played in the North Wales Rugby Union league. ["Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981" pp271, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)]Present day
During the 2007/08 season Bangor RFC withdrew from the
WRU Division Five East in the hope the club could restructure itself in the hope the team could come back as a more competitive organisation. The previous two season had seen Bangor fail to win a single league match. The withdrawal was agreed to be a 12 month hiatus and the team were expected to return to the WRU league structure for the 2008/09 season. [ [http://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport-news/rugby-news/2007/10/17/bangor-withdraw-to-ensure-club-survives-55578-19962212/ Daily Post October 17 2007] ]Players of note
* Charles Allen (2 caps)
* Godfrey Darbishire (1 cap) ["Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981" pp464, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)]
* Sir Hugh Corbett Vincent (1 cap)Notes
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