Titans RLFC are a rugby league

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 side who play out of Machen RFC

Machen RFC

Machen Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club based in Machen near the city of Newport. Machen RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons....

 in Machen

Machen

Machen is a large village 3 miles east of Caerphilly, south Wales, situated in the Caerphilly borough within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire. It neighbours Bedwas and Trethomas, and forms a council ward in conjunction with those communities. It lies on the Rhymney River.-Mynydd...

, South Wales

South Wales

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. They play in the Welsh Premier

Rugby League Conference Welsh Premier

The Rugby League Conference Wales is the higher of two Welsh domestic leagues for the sport of rugby league. It forms a Premier division of the Rugby League Conference competition which covers all of Great Britain.-History:...

 of the Rugby League Conference

Rugby League Conference

The Rugby League Conference , was a series of regionally based divisions of amateur rugby league teams spread throughout England, Scotland and Wales.The RLC was founded as the 10-team Southern Conference League in 1997, with teams from the southern midlands and the...

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History

Newport Titans RLFC were formed in 2004 as founder members of the new Rugby League Conference Welsh Division

Rugby League Conference Welsh Premier

The Rugby League Conference Wales is the higher of two Welsh domestic leagues for the sport of rugby league. It forms a Premier division of the Rugby League Conference competition which covers all of Great Britain.-History:...

. The founding members found a home for the Titans at Pill Harriers RFC and appointed former international Dai Watkins

David Watkins

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 as President. In their inaugural season Titans finished fourth in the table and were Welsh Shield runners-up.

The Titans were close to winning the Welsh Grand Final in 2007.

They won the Welsh plate in 2009 beating Dinefwr Sharks in the final.

Newport Titans dropped the 'Newport' preface from their name in 2011 when they moved to Machen RFC.http://www.code13rugbyleague.com/2011/03/09/welsh-rugby-league-conference-to-increase-2011/

Club honours

• Welsh Conference Shield winners 2005; runners-up 2004.
• Welsh Conference finalists 2007.
• Welsh Plate: 2009

History

• Record League victory: 106-16 vs. Swansea Valley May 15, 2005 (first ever 100-pointer in the Welsh Conference).
• Record League defeat: 20-70 vs. Bridgend Blue Bulls July 9, 2005.

External links

• Official Wales Rugby League website