Cwmtwrch Rugby Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Rygbi Cwmtwrch) is a Welsh

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...

 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...

 team officially founded in 1890. The team colours are black and white. Their home ground is Glyncawl Park View, Cwmtwrch. Cwmtwrch currently have a Senior XV who play in the WRU Division Five South West

WRU Division Five South West

The Welsh Rugby Union Division Five South West is a rugby union league in Wales first implemented for the 1995/96 season.- Competition:...

 league and is a feeder club for the Ospreys.

Cwmtwrch have for the first time in 30 years a Youth XV who play in the WRU Osprey D league, and a junior section from under-8s up to under-11s.

1880-1914

In 1890 an official Cwmtwrch team took the field for the first time; though it is presumed that rugby had been played in the town before this. The first ground for Cwmtwrch RFC, Glyncawl Park View, is the pitch the team still plays on today; since returning there after the Second World War.

The club's first captain was not recorded until 1903 when D.Davies held the position.

In 1909 Cwmtwrch RFC merged with neighbouring club, Cwmllynfell.

Notable former players

Howell Lewis

Howell Lewis

Howell Lewis was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Swansea Rugby Football Club and was capped for Wales on four occasions...

 (4 caps) Tudor Williams (1 cap) Albert Owen (1 cap) Clive Rowlands

Clive Rowlands

Clive Rowlands OBE is a former Welsh rugby union footballer and later coach.A teacher by profession, Rowlands played club rugby at scrum-half for Abercraf, Pontypool, Llanelli and Swansea...

(1 cap)