Morriston 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 Morriston

Morriston

Morriston is a community in the City and County of Swansea, Wales and falls within the Morriston ward. Morriston is sometimes referred to as a distinct town , however Morriston never had a town charter, and is now part of the continuous urban area around Swansea, the centre of which lies three...

, 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...

 in 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....

. 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.

The club has existed for over 125 years and has been home to a number of established Welsh internationals, such as Paul and Richard Moriarty and Tony Clements. in 2008 the club entered its highest league position for a number of years when they played in Division 3 South West.

Club badge

The club badge is a shield split into three sections. Each third holds a symbol representing the club and the community, which are St John's Church, Castle Craig and the Prince of Wales's feathers

Prince of Wales's feathers

The Prince of Wales's feathers is the heraldic badge of the Heir Apparent to the British and Commonwealth Realms thrones. It consists of three white feathers emerging from a gold coronet. A ribbon below the coronet bears the motto Ich dien...

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Notable former players

William Richard Arnold (1 cap) Tom Deacon

Tom Deacon

Thomas 'Tom' Deacon was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Swansea and international rugby for Wales- Rugby career :...

 (4 caps) Will Joseph

Will Joseph

Will Joseph was a Welsh international rugby union player. He was a member of the winning Welsh team who beat the 1905 touring All Blacks. He played club rugby for Swansea and county rugby for Glamorgan....

 (16 caps) Fred Jowett

Fred Jowett (rugby player)

Fred Jowett was a Welsh rugby union player who represented Wales and the British Lions. Jowett played club rugby for Swansea and county rugby for Glamorgan. His first and only cap was on January 10, 1903 at St Helens Ground in Swansea against England...

 (1 cap) Harry Payne

Harry Payne

Harry Thomas Payne was a Welsh international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Swansea and was capped for Wales on one occasion...

 (1 cap) Bob Thomas

Bob Thomas (rugby player)

Robert "Bob" Thomas was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Morriston and Swansea. Thomas was a Triple Crown winner, after representing Wales for all three matches on the 1900 Home Nations Championship....

(4 caps)