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| Full name | Neath Rugby Football Club | |||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1871[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Location | Neath, Wales | |||||||||||||||||
| Ground(s) | The Gnoll | |||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 7,500 | |||||||||||||||||
| Coach |  Rowland Phillips |
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| League | Principality Premiership | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007-08 | 1st[2] | |||||||||||||||||
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Neath Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Neath (Castell-nedd is a Town and community situated in the principal area of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, UK with a The Gnoll in Neath, Wales, UK is a joint Rugby union, football and Cricket venue Rowlan Phillips is a former Rugby union back row forward for Wales where he won 10 caps between 1987-90 2008/2009 Season Details 2008-09 Principality Premiership Aberavon RFC Bedwas RFC Bridgend Ravens 2008/2009 Season Details 2008-09 Principality Premiership Aberavon RFC Bedwas RFC Bridgend Ravens Their home ground is The Gnoll, Neath. The Gnoll in Neath, Wales, UK is a joint Rugby union, football and Cricket venue Neath (Castell-nedd is a Town and community situated in the principal area of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, UK with a They are known as the Welsh All Blacks because of the team colours: black with only a white Maltese cross as an emblem. The Maltese cross or Amalfi cross is identified as the symbol of an order of Christian warriors known as the Knights Hospitaller or Knights of Malta Neath RFC is the oldest rugby club in Wales having being formed in 1871 by a consortium of ten enthusiasts, their captain at the time, T. P. Whittington would later play international rugby for Scotland in 1873. [3]
On the 12th June 1881, eleven teams met in the Castle Hotel, Neath to form what would be accepted as a Welsh rugby union. Neath (Castell-nedd is a Town and community situated in the principal area of Neath Port Talbot, Wales, UK with a The founding clubs of the WFU (Welsh Football Union), as it was originally known, were Swansea C & FC, Pontypool RFC, Newport RFC, Merthyr RFC, Llanelli RFC, Bangor RFC, Brecon RFC, Cardiff RFC, Lampeter College RFC, Llandovery RFC and Llandeilo RFC. The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU ( Undeb Rygbi Cymru) is the governing body of Rugby union in Wales, recognised by the International Rugby Board Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh Rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Pontypool Rugby Football Club is a Welsh Rugby union team currently playing in the Welsh Premier Division. Newport Rugby Football Club is a Welsh Rugby union club based in the city of Newport, South Wales Merthyr RFC are a Welsh Rugby union club based in Merthyr in South Wales Llanelli Rugby Football Club ( Clwb Rygbi Llanelli) is a Welsh rugby union team founded in 1872 Bangor Rugby Football Club (Welsh Clwb Rygbi Bangor is a Welsh Rugby union team based in Bangor, North Wales. Brecon Rugby Football Club is a Rugby union club from the village of Brecon, South Wales. Cardiff Rugby Football Club was founded in 1876 The club played their first few matches at Sophia Gardens, but soon relocated to Cardiff Arms Park, where they Llandovery RFC are a Welsh Rugby union club based in Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales. Llandeilo Rugby Football Club is a Rugby union team from the village of Llandeilo, in Carmarthenshire, west Wales. [4] Strangely Neath RFC was not recorded as being present, even though the meeting took place in the town. It is unknown if this was an oversight by the committee to record the presence of the club, or if Neath RFC did not actually attend. One theory put forward is that the president, John Llewellyn and secretary, Sam Clark of the South Wales Football Union were both Neath players. By attending this new union they would be destroying the SWFU and therefore their own influence in the game. These wounds would soon heal and Neath joined the newly formed WFU in the 1882-83 season and would eventually become pivotal in the union's development, monopolizing the secretaryship from 1896 to 1955. [5]
Neath RFC hold the world record for the number of points (1917) and tries (345) accumulated in one season (47 Games)[6]. This record was set during the 1988/89 season, it is also worth noting that a try was worth 4 points at the time the record was broken.
Neath RFC is now known as Neath Rugby Ltd and owns 50% of the Ospreys professional side. The Ospreys (Y Gweilch formerly the Neath-Swansea Ospreys ( Gweilch Tawe-Nedd) are a Rugby union team from Wales playing in the Celtic League
In an effort to improve their home stadium The Gnoll, the club announced in 2008, plans to share it with the town's football club Neath Athletic A.F.C.. The Gnoll in Neath, Wales, UK is a joint Rugby union, football and Cricket venue Neath Athletic Football Club is a Welsh Association football team founded in 2005 following the merger between two clubs Neath (formerly [7]
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Club honours
- Welsh Club Champions: 1909/10, 1910/11, 1928/29, 1933/34, 1934/35, 1946/47, 1966/67, 1986/87, 1988/89, 1989/90
- Welsh Premier Division: 1990/91, 1995/96, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08
- Welsh Cup: 1971/72, 1988/89, 1989/90, 2003/04, 2007/08
- Welsh Cup Finalists: 1983/84, 1987/88, 1992/93, 1995/96, 2000/01, 2005/06
Notable former players
References
- ^ Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981 pp24, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980) ISBN 0708307663
- ^ WRU Official Site - Sourced 21st May 2008
- ^ Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981 pp24, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980) ISBN 0708307663
- ^ Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981 pp24, David Smith pp41, Gareth Williams (1980) ISBN 0708307663
- ^ Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981 pp44-45, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980) ISBN 0708307663
- ^ The 1993 Guinness Book of Records ISBN 0851129781
- ^ BBC News (2008-05-16). 2008/2009 Season Details 2008-09 Principality Premiership Aberavon RFC Bedwas RFC Bridgend Ravens The WRU Challenge Cup (currently known as the Konica Minolta Cup due to sponsorship or its full name of the Welsh Rugby Allan Glen Bateman (born 6 March 1965) is a Welsh former Rugby union and Rugby league player a dual-code rugby international centre who Andrew Bishop (born 7 August 1985) is a Welsh Rugby union footballer who plays for the Ospreys at centre, usually Billy Boston MBE is a former Wales and Great Britain Rugby league player Jonathan Davies may refer to Jonathan Davies (rugby (born 1962 Welsh dual-code rugby footballer Jonathan Davies (rugby union (born Scott Gibbs (born 23 January 1971 in Bridgend) is a former Rugby footballer who represented Wales and the Lions in The Rev Thomas (Tom Henry Hollingdale AKC was a Church of England cleric and Welsh international rugby player Lee Jarvis is a former international Wales rugby union player Adam Jones (born 8 March, 1981) is a Welsh Rugby union player currently playing for the Ospreys in the Magners League Lyn Jones is a former Wales international Rugby union player A flanker he played his club rugby for Neath RFC. Gareth Llewellyn (born 27 February 1969 in St David's Hospital Cardiff) whilst his father was serving in Cardiff with the Army is a Welsh David "Dai" Morris (born 11 November 1941 in Rhigos, Glamorganshire was a Welsh Rugby union Footballer Darren Morris (born 24 September 1974) is a welsh international Rugby union player Rowlan Phillips is a former Rugby union back row forward for Wales where he won 10 caps between 1987-90 David Pickering is a former Wales international rugby union player Harold Elgan Rees (born January 5 1954) is a former Welsh international Rugby union player Paul Thorburn (born 24th November 1962 in Rheindalen Germany is a former Neath RFC and international Wales rugby union player who played at full back Barry Hugh Williams (born 6 January 1974 in Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire) is a Welsh international Rugby union player Brian Richard Williams ( 9 July 1962 - 7 February 2007) was a Welsh international Rugby Union player Shane Mark Williams (born 26 February 1977 in Swansea) is a Welsh Rugby union player who plays as a for the Ospreys 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1204 - Baldwin IX Count of Flanders is crowned as the first Emperor of the Latin Empire. Rugby stadium makes soccer space. BBC. Retrieved on 2008-05-21. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 878 - Syracuse Italy is captured by the Muslim sultan of Sicily.
Neath RFC: 1871-1945 - Mike Price (ISBN 0-7524-2709-1, October 2002) Neath RFC: 1945-1996 - Mike Price (ISBN 0-7524-3106-4, March 2004)
External links
- Neath RFC - official site
- Neath RFC - a brief history
- Neath RFC - discussion forum
- The NCJS - unofficial fans' site
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