Birchgrove RFC
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Birchgrove Rugby Football Club is a rugby union
team from the village of Birchgrove
in Swansea
, Wales
. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union
and is a feeder club for the Ospreys.
Birchgrove RFC fields a senior, women and junior teams.
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
team from the village of Birchgrove
Birchgrove, Swansea
Birchgrove is a community and large village in the City and County of Swansea, Wales. It does not have a community council. The village is situated roughly from the centre of Swansea, between the flood plain of the River Tawe and Mynydd Drummau. Birchgrove also lies on the Neath Port Talbot...
in Swansea
Swansea
Swansea is a coastal city and county in Wales. Swansea is in the historic county boundaries of Glamorgan. Situated on the sandy South West Wales coast, the county area includes the Gower Peninsula and the Lliw uplands...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union
Welsh Rugby Union
The Welsh Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Wales, recognised by the International Rugby Board.The union's patron is Queen Elizabeth II, and her grandson Prince William of Wales became the Vice Royal Patron of the Welsh Rugby Union as of February 2007.-History:The roots of the...
and is a feeder club for the Ospreys.
Birchgrove RFC fields a senior, women and junior teams.