Aberystwyth RFC

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

founded = 1947
ground = Plascrug
capacity =
president = Geoff Edwards
coach =
league = WRU Division Three West
season = 2007-08
position = 5th [ [http://www.wru.co.uk/1152_2140.php? WRU official site] ]
url = www.aberystwyth-rfc.co.uk

Aberystwyth Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the town of Aberystwyth, West Wales. Aberystwyth RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Llanelli 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=2008-05-31]

Rugby had been played in Aberystwyth since the late 1800's ["Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981", David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980) pp67 ISBN 0708307663] when the local college founded a rugby team. Aberystwyth Rugby Club was founded in 1947 ["Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981", David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980) pp331 ISBN 0708307663] and the first game was against an Aberystwyth College second team. The club gained membership of the Welsh Rugby Union in May, 1954 which allowed future competitive matches. The teams clubhouse was founded with help of a ten-year interest free loan from the WRU in 1960. This original clubhouse burned down and was reconstructed in the 1970s.

External links

* [http://www.aberystwyth-rfc.co.uk/ Aberystwyth RFC Official club site.]

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