Tylorstown RFC

Rugby team
teamname = Tylorstown RFC
fullname = Tylorstown Rugby Football Club
location = Tylorstown, Wales
nickname = The Tigers, Tylorstown Tigers
country

founded = 1903
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president = T.T. Williams
coach =
league = WRU Division Three South East
season = 2007-08
position = 4th [ [http://www.wru.co.uk/1150_2148.php WRU Official Site] ]
url = http://uk.geocities.com/tylorstownrfc/
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Tylorstown Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Tylorstown, Wales. The 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=2008-05-31]

It is believed that rugby was played in Tylorstown from 1895, but it was not until 1903 that the club played under the name Tylorstown RFC. The first written publication of Tylorstown RFC playing was a match report in the Western Mail on 27th February 1905, in which the team played and lost against local Rhondda team, Llwynypia. Tylostown RFC applied for and gained membership of the Welsh Rugby Union in 1937. The club has disbanded twice in their history, during both World Wars.

The teams nickname, the Tigers, comes from their team strip which is amber and black hoops.

Notable former players

* John Bevan (10 Caps) ["Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981", pp463 David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)]
* Gordon Wells (7 Caps) ["Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981", pp473 David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)]

External links

* [http://uk.geocities.com/tylorstownrfc/ Tylorstown RFC]

References