Ammanford RFC

Rugby team
teamname = Ammanford RFC
fullname = Ammanford Rugby Football Club
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location = Ammanford, Wales
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founded = 1887
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league = WRU Division Two West
season = 2007-08
position = 1st [ [http://www.wru.co.uk/1152_2140.php? WRU official site] ] (WRU Division Three West)
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Ammanford Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the town of Ammanford, West Wales. The club 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=2008-05-28]

Ammanford RFC's first officially recorded rugby match came in 1887 against a team from Mynyddbach, Swansea. The game was played at Ynys field opposite the River Amman and their initial clubhouse was the Cross Inn Hotel at Ammanford Square. Ammanford's first official strip colours were amber and black, then switching colours twice before the club settled on black and blue in 1912.

In 1889, Ammanford RFC produced their first international player in Percy Lloyd. Lloyd played four international matches between 1889 and 1890 for Wales, against Scotland, Ireland and England twice. During the 1895-96 season Ammanford RFC successfully gained membership to the Welsh Rugby Union.

Club honours

* 2007-08 WRU Division Three West - Champions

Notable former players

* Cyril H Davies (7 caps) ["Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981" p464, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)]
* Jack Evans (3 caps) ["Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981" p465, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)]
* Tom Evans (18 caps) ["Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981" p465, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)]
* Ike Fowler (1 cap) ["Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981" p466, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)]
* Thomas Hollingdale (6 caps) ["Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981" p467, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)]
* Percy Lloyd (4 caps) ["Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981" p468, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)]
* Joe Rees(12 caps) ["Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981" p471, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)]
* Donald Tarr (1 cap) ["Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981" p472, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)]

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