| Pontarddulais RFC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Full name | Pontarddulais Rugby Football Club | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Bont | |||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1881 | |||||||||||||||||
| Location | Pontarddulais, Wales | |||||||||||||||||
| Ground(s) | Coedbach Park | |||||||||||||||||
| Capacity | 1000[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| President | Gerald Davies | |||||||||||||||||
| League | WRU Division Four West | |||||||||||||||||
| 2007-08 | 6th[2] | |||||||||||||||||
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| www.pontarddulais-rfc.co.uk | ||||||||||||||||||
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Pontarddulais Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Pontarddulais in South Wales. Pontarddulais ( is a Town in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, known by locals as "The Bont" Competition There are 12 clubs in the WRU Division Four West During the course of a season (which lasts from September to May each club plays the others twice once at their home Overview See also Playing rugby union A rugby union match lasts for 80 minutes (plus stoppage time with a short Pontarddulais ( is a Town in the City and County of Swansea, Wales, known by locals as "The Bont" South Wales (De Cymru is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south and Mid Wales and West Wales The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Ospreys. The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU ( Undeb Rygbi Cymru) is the governing body of Rugby union in Wales, recognised by the International Rugby Board In sports a farm team, feeder team or nursery club, generally refers to a team or club whose role is to provide experience and training for young players with an The Ospreys (Y Gweilch formerly the Neath-Swansea Ospreys ( Gweilch Tawe-Nedd) are a Rugby union team from Wales playing in the Celtic League [3]
Although rugby had been played in Pontarddulais before the club's formation, it wasn't until 22nd September 1881 that the local inhabitants decided on creating an official rugby club. The fact that Ponterddulias have a formation date is fairly uncommon if not unique in Welsh rugby union clubs formed before World War I; as most other teams did not record the event. In the early 1890s the team played in a green strip but had changed to their present green and amber by the turn of the century.
Club honours
- WRU Division Seven West 1999/2000 - Champions
- WRU Division Six West 2000/01 - Champions
- WRU Division Four West 2005/06 - Champions
Notable Players
D. Onllwyn Brace (9 caps)- D. Idwal Davies (1 cap)
- W. Dillwyn Johnson (1 cap)
A. Vaughan Jones- Derwyn Jones (19 caps)[4]
- Jim Lang (12 caps)
- Gareth Roberts
- Darill Williams
References
- ^ Clubhouse website
- ^ WRU official site
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