Cwmgors Rugby Football Club is a rugby union

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...

 club that represents the villages of Cwmgors

Cwmgors

Cwmgors is a community in the South Wales Valleys connected to Gwaun-cae-Gurwen and Rhyd-y-Fro. It lies within the unitary authority of Neath Port Talbot and the ceremonial county of West Glamorgan. Its nearest postal town is Ammanford so addresses in Cwmgors will read as though the village were in...

, Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen

Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen

Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen is a village in Neath Port Talbot, south Wales. Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen is also a parish made up of the electoral wards of Gwaun-Cae-Gurwen and Lower Brynamman.-Location:...

 and Tairgwaith, West Wales

West Wales

West Wales is the western area of Wales.Some definitions of West Wales include only Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire, an area which historically comprised the Welsh principality of Deheubarth., an area called "South West Wales" in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics....

. Cwmgors RFC 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.

Curwen Stars

Although Cwmgors RFC did not come into existence until 1927 rugby had been played in the town from 1895. A team called the All Blacks was formed in the town in 1895, this team would later change its name to the Curwen Stars. The Curwen Stars joined the Llanelli

Llanelli

Llanelli , the largest town in both the county of Carmarthenshire and the preserved county of Dyfed , Wales, sits on the Loughor estuary on the West Wales coast, approximately west-north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarthen. The town is famous for its proud rugby...

 and District Rugby Union in 1900, and eventually joined the Welsh Rugby Union in 1913 showing the credibility of this team. In 1923 a second team formed in the village, made up from members of the Cwmgors Colliery called the 'Mond' team, named after the owner of the colliery Alfred Mond

Alfred Mond, 1st Baron Melchett

Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett PC, FRS , known as Sir Alfred Mond, Bt, between 1910 and 1928, was a British industrialist, financier and politician...

. The 'Mond' boasts future Welsh

Wales national rugby union team

The Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...

 captain Claude Davey

Claude Davey

Claude Davey was a Wales international rugby union player who played club rugby for several teams, most notably Sale and Swansea. He was awarded 23 caps for Wales and captained his country eight times...

 as one of its players. In 1927 both the Curwen Stars and the Mond both disbanded and severed all union connections. In that year a new team then emerged called Cwmgors RFC which joined the Swansea and District Rugby Union.

1930s–1990

In 1938 Cwmgors RFC collected their first notable trophy when they won the Swansea and District Challenge Cup and that year gained membership of the WRU. In 1950 the club changed their home ground from Parc Howard to Parc y Werin, also changing their headquarters from the on public house

Public house

A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...

, the New Star Hotel, to another, the Caegurwen Arms.

Club honours

1st XV

• Swansea and District Challenge Cup 1938 – Winners
• West Wales RFU Challenge Cup – Winners
• West Wales Cup 1969/70 – Winners
• West Wales RU Section E 1987/88 – Winners
• West Wales RU Section C 1993/94 – Winners
• WRU League 7B West 1995/96 – Champions
• WRU Division Six West
  WRU Division Six West
  The Welsh Rugby Union Division Six West is a rugby union league in Wales first implemented for the 2006/07 season.-Competition:There are 10 clubs in the WRU Division Six West...
  
   2002/03 – Champions
• WRU Division Four South West
  WRU Division Four South West
  The Welsh Rugby Union Division Four South West is a rugby union league in Wales first implemented for the 1995/96 season.- Competition:...
  
   2003/04 – Champions
• WRU Tovali Bowl Winners 2003/4

2nd XV

• Swansea and District RU Section D Winners 1980/1
• Swansea and District RU Merit Table Winners 2005/6

Youth XV

• Amman Valley Youth RU League Winners 1968
• Amman Valley Youth RU Cup Winners 1968

Notable former players

Claude Davey (23 caps) (as part of the 'Mond' colliery team) Will Davies

Will Davies (rugby player)

Will 'Sgili' Davies was a Wales international rugby union player who played club rugby for Swansea. He won four caps for Wales and was part of the Welsh side that faced the touring South Africans in 1931....

 (4 caps) (as part of the 'Mond' colliery team) Gareth Edwards

Gareth Edwards

Gareth Owen Edwards CBE is a former Welsh rugby union footballer who played scrum-half and has been described by the BBC as "arguably the greatest player ever to don a Welsh jersey"....

(53 caps) Emrys Evans (3 caps) Denzil Thomas (1 cap)