Gilfach Goch 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...

 team from the village of Gilfach Goch

Gilfach Goch

Gilfach Goch is a small former coal mining village in Rhondda Cynon Taff, south Wales, near the larger community of Tonyrefail in the Ogmore Valley....

, South 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...

. Gilfach Goch RFC was established in 1889, has been 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...

 since 1956 and is a feeder club for the Cardiff Blues

Cardiff Blues

Cardiff Blues are one of the four professional Welsh regional rugby union teams. Based in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, the team have played at Cardiff City Stadium since the start of the 2009/2010 season and are owned by Cardiff Rugby Football Club....

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The clubhouse, in High Street Gilfach Goch

Gilfach Goch

Gilfach Goch is a small former coal mining village in Rhondda Cynon Taff, south Wales, near the larger community of Tonyrefail in the Ogmore Valley....

, has been the club's base for the past 40 years. Gilfach Goch RFC is a community club, and has over 170 players currently involved in teams run by the club. These roots are continually developing, especially with the development of the Junior section of the club. The club currently runs the following teams :- 1st XV, 2nd XV, Youth XV and many mini rugby teams from Under 8's up to Youth age.

Club honours

• 1996/97 WRU Division Six Central - Champions
• 1996/97 Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy
  Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy
  The 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....
  
   - Winners
• 1997/98 Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy
  Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy
  The 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....
  
   - Winners
• 2003/04 WRU Division Three South East - Champions
• 2007/08 WRU Division Three South East - Play Off Winners
• 2009/10 WRU Division Two East - Champions

Notable former players

Matt Back Ian Hall

Ian Hall (rugby player)

Ian Hall is an ex- Welsh Rugby Union International who played for Aberavon RFC during the 1970s.Born in Gilfach Goch, Hall was a strong running centre / wing with a great tackle...

 Steele Lewis Jason Lewis Andrew Williams (Rugby League Cap)