Usk RFC

Usk RFC

Rugby team
teamname = Usk RFC
fullname = Usk Rugby Football Club
nickname =
location = Usk, Monmouthshire
country

founded = 1874
ground = Red Shed Meadow
capacity =
president = J.D. Jones
coach = Rhys Morgan
league = WRU Division Five East
season = 2006-07
position = 4th [ [http://www.wru.co.uk/1158_2116.php WRU website] ]
url = www.uskrfc.co.uk

Usk Rugby Football Club are a Welsh rugby union club based in the historic town of Usk in South Wales. Usk RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons. [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=2008-06-11]

Usk RFC's first recorded rugby match was against Newport in 1874. It is believed that rugby has been played in Usk from that date apart from during the two World Wars when official rugby ceased to be played in Wales.

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