Taibach Rugby Football Club are 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...

 club based in Taibach

Taibach

Taibach or Tai-Bach is a suburban district of Port Talbot, Wales. It is a settlement centered around the main A48 road, sandwiched between The river Ffrwdwyllt and Margam.- History :...

 near Port Talbot

Port Talbot

Port Talbot is a town in Neath Port Talbot, Wales. It had a population of 35,633 in 2001.-History:Port Talbot grew out of the original small port and market town of Aberafan , which belonged to the medieval Lords of Afan. The area of the parish of Margam lying on the west bank of the lower Afan...

 in Wales

Wales

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, UK

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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 also a feeder club for the Ospreys.

Taibach RFC were the winners of the inaugural 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....

 competition during the 1956-57 season beating Skewen RFC

Skewen RFC

Skewen Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Skewen, South Wales. Skewen RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Ospreys..-Club history:...

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Senior Squad - Season 09/10

Backs:
Kyle Jenkins,
Andrew Roche,
Craig Clement,
Mike McSweeney,
Matt Hare,
Alex Holland,
Lee Jenkins,
Gareth Williams,
Thomas Simonson,
Tom Griffiths,
Richard Lewis,
Richard Hopkins,
Dean Cronin,
Adam Cross,
Mike Macintosh,
Adam Lewis,
Thomas Blythe,
Chris Wilde.

Forwards:
Jamal "James" Thomas,
Carl Winters,
Barry John,
Kristian Griffiths,
Carl Cerasoulo,
Damien David,
Tony Millington,
Steve Oliver,
Alex Brown,
Andrew Prosser,
Grant Davies,
Russel Jones,
Richard Thomas,
Ceirion Lovell,
Rob Lawrence,
Luke Davies,
Ben Harris,
Kraig Jones,
Kyle Lovell.
Chris Maggs,

Youth Policy

Taibach has a history of producing young talent. Coached by Phill Terry and Steve Gadd the 1999-2003 team were a success. In recent years Taibach have produced two full internationals at senior level, James Hook and Richard Hibbard, as well as three Welsh youth player (under 18's) Michael Kelly, Matthew Bradley and Richard Hibbard.

In 1999 no fewer than seven Taibach youth players gained international honours with the 'Boys Club of Wales' Andrew Gadd (Captain), Matthew Bradley, Richard Hibbard, Michael Kelly, Andrew Redmore, Daniel Cumberlin and Craig Harding.

In the youth team's first year they finished second, losing a title decider on the last game of the season to Tonmawr

Tonmawr RFC

Tonmawr are a Welsh rugby union club based in Tonmawr, Neath Port Talbot in South Wales. They won the Asda Division One West in 2009-2010 and for the 2010-2011 season were promoted to the Welsh Premiership...

, and losing in the final of the Neath/Port talbot cup to Aberavon

Aberavon RFC

Aberavon RFC is a rugby union club located in the Welsh town of Port Talbot, although the club's name refers to the older settlement of Aberavon which lies on the western side of the town...

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In their second season the team proved to be unbeatable in the league, winning 18 out of 18 games and narrowly losing, again to Aberavon, in the cup final. The season saw notable performances from Michael Kelly, Matthew Rowlands, Richard Lewis, and Richard Hibbard with Matthew Bradley and Mark Fender finishing joint top scorers with 26 tries apiece.

The final season saw the team promoted to the 'Premier' league of youth rugby, but a mix of injuries, international call ups and college rugby affected the teams results, who finished mid table and lost both cup final semi finals to Skewen

Skewen RFC

Skewen Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Skewen, South Wales. Skewen RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Ospreys..-Club history:...

 and Resolven

Resolven RFC

Resolven Rugby Football Club are a Welsh rugby union club based in Resolven in Wales and are a feeder club for the Ospreys. - History :Rugby was supposedly introduced to Resolven by two visiting engineers; Charlie Thomas and Alf Morgan, in 1885. The Club first played at Tan-y- Rhiw, then the Brick...

. The team did however claim the Neath/Port Talbot 7's and 10's tournaments.

Players who went on to represent 'Premiership' clubs at senior levels are.
Swansea RFC- Richard Hibbard,Matthew Bradley,Mark fender,Richard Lewis Aberavon RFC- James Jones,Matthew Bradley,Michael Kelly,Mark fender Bridgend RFC-Michael Kelly Neath RFC-James Hook Ospereys-James Hook,Richard Hibbard

Notable former players

Richard Hibbard

Richard Hibbard

Richard Hibbard , is a Wales international rugby union player. A hooker, he started playing rugby at age grade levels at clubs in the town of Port Talbot, such as; Aberavon Quins RFC & Taibach. He went on to play at senior level for Taibach, Aberavon RFC and Swansea before making his name at the...

 James Hook

James Hook (rugby player)

James William Hook is a Welsh rugby union player for USA Perpignan. Hook is widely regarded as one of the most talented players in world rugby....

 Dan Jones

Daniel Jones (rugby player)

Daniel "Dan" Jones was a Welsh international rugby union scrum-half who played club rugby for Aberavon and international rugby for Wales. He is notable as being the first player to represent Aberavon at international level...

 Trevor Lloyd

Trevor Lloyd

Trevor Lloyd is a former international rugby union player.Lloyd hailed from Port Talbot, where he started playing club rugby with the Aberavon Quins RFC, he made his debut for Wales on 14 March 1953 versus Ireland and was selected for the 1955 British Lions tour to South Africa...

 William Mainwaring Alan McCarley Bryn Phillips

Bryn Phillips

Brinley "Bryn" Phillips was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s who at representative level played rugby union for Wales, and at club level for Taibach RFC, Aberavon RFC, and Glamorgan Police RFC, playing at Lock, i.e...

 Walter Vickery

Walter Vickery

Walter Vickery was an international rugby union back row who represented Wales and played club rugby for Aberavon...

 Evan Williams

Evan Williams

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 Gerwyn Williams

Gerwyn Williams

Gerwyn Williams was a Welsh rugby union player, coach and author.-Biography:Williams was born in Glyncorrwg, Glamorgan, the son of Ephraim and Catherin Williams...

 Andrew Millward

Andrew Millward

Andrew Millward born 1 December 1972 is a rugby union player for the Ospreys in the Magners League. Millward's position of choice is as a prop.-External links:*...