Cwmgwrach RFC
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Cwmgwrach Rugby Football Club is a Welsh
rugby union
team based in Cwmgwrach, Swansea
, Wales
. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union
and is a feeder club for the Ospreys.
Photographic evidence of the existence of Cwmgwrach RFC places the team as playing during the 1909/10 season, though it is believed the team first played three or four years before this date. There was no clubhouse during this period, so the team used local public houses as a meeting point and switched between eight different local playing grounds; until after losing their final local ground to developers played all matches away for six years. When the team finally secured a temporary playing ground in 1926 they hosted Llangarw. In the early 1930s it was suggested the team gained their own permanent ground, which took the leveling of a side of one of the local hills to achieve. This was completed in 1934, and a clubhouse was added in 1937. In 1949 the club applied for, and was successful in gaining, membership to the Welsh Rugby Union.
After joining the West Wales Rugby Union in the 1987/88 season the club quickly moved through the divisions until after yet another league change by the WRU, Cwmgwrach found themselves in the WRU Division Six Central
League.
The club holds very close ties with Scottish team Lasswade Rugby Football Club
, with whom they play an annual home and away friendly between the two clubs. This has occurred since the 1963/64 season and continues to this day.
Rugby union in Wales
Rugby union is the national sport of Wales and is considered a large part of national culture. Rugby is thought to have reached Wales in the 1850s, with the national body, the Welsh Rugby Union being formed in 1881...
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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 based in Cwmgwrach, 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
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. 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.
Photographic evidence of the existence of Cwmgwrach RFC places the team as playing during the 1909/10 season, though it is believed the team first played three or four years before this date. There was no clubhouse during this period, so the team used local public houses as a meeting point and switched between eight different local playing grounds; until after losing their final local ground to developers played all matches away for six years. When the team finally secured a temporary playing ground in 1926 they hosted Llangarw. In the early 1930s it was suggested the team gained their own permanent ground, which took the leveling of a side of one of the local hills to achieve. This was completed in 1934, and a clubhouse was added in 1937. In 1949 the club applied for, and was successful in gaining, membership to the Welsh Rugby Union.
After joining the West Wales Rugby Union in the 1987/88 season the club quickly moved through the divisions until after yet another league change by the WRU, Cwmgwrach found themselves in the WRU Division Six Central
WRU Division Six Central
The Welsh Rugby Union Division Six Central is a rugby union league in Wales first implemented for the 2007/08 season.-Competition:There are 10 clubs in the WRU Division Six Central...
League.
The club holds very close ties with Scottish team Lasswade Rugby Football Club
Lasswade Rugby Football Club
Lasswade Rugby Football Club is a rugby football club now playing within the Scottish Premiership Division Three. It was established in 1921. The club have recently invested in a new grandstand, changing facilities and two new international size playing surfaces...
, with whom they play an annual home and away friendly between the two clubs. This has occurred since the 1963/64 season and continues to this day.
Club honours
- Glamorgan County Silver Ball TrophyGlamorgan County Silver Ball TrophyThe Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy , is a Welsh rugby union competition open to all non-premier Welsh Rugby Union clubs playing in the Glamorganshire area....
1965/66 - Winners - Welsh Brewers League Bowl 1991/92 - Winners