New Tredegar RFC

New Tredegar RFC
Full name New Tredegar Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s) Rhinos/Newts
Founded 1977
Location New Tredegar, Wales
Ground(s) Grove Park
Coach(es) John Williams
John Prince
League(s) WRU Division Four East
2011-12 6th[1]
Team kit
Official website
www.newtredegarrfc.com

New Tredegar Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club team based in New Tredegar. Today, New Tredegar RFC plays in the Welsh Rugby Union, Division Four East League and is a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons.[2] At present the club runs two senior sides and a youth side.

New Tredegar RFC started life in 1977 when it was decided that a senior XV team was required to permit the youth players, who had a team in since the early 1960s, to play locally at a higher level. By 1980 the club was fielding a second senior XV and after joining the Gwent District league in 1994 the team won their first piece of silverware, the Cyrus Davies cup. The club achieved WRU status that year and in the 1995/96 season the club was placed in the lower rungs of the official Welsh leagues. Although they lost their opening match to Machen, they eventually gained in confidence to win the league in their first season. In 1999 the club managed to buy the Liberal Club which has now become their headquarters.

Club honours

Players

Name Position
Alex Davies Fullback 1st XV captain
Keri Vaughan Centre 2nd XV captain
Colin Jones Prop
Dai Greening Hooker/Prop
Huw Thomas Prop
Daniel Davies Hooker
James Watkins Hooker
Ben James Prop
Dean Dauncey Prop
Kevin Osborne Prop
Ceiron Harris Hooker
Name Position
Cris Burke Second Row/Prop
Dai Harry Second row
Liam Miles Second Row
Mike Harris Second Row
Steve Osborn Second Row
Stuart Hares Second Row/Flanker
Name Position
Marc Vaughan Flanker/Second Row/Number 8
Phillip Davies Number 8/Second Row/Hooker
Wayne Randall Number 8
Ronnie Kynes Flanker/Hooker
Andrew Thomas Number 8/Flanker
Brett Thomas Number 8/Flanker
Brian Williams Number 8/Flanker
Ben Romais Flanker
Name Position
Ryan Mann Scrum Half
Terry Cooper Scrum Half/Outside Half
Scott Thomas Scrum Half
Stuart Vile Scrum Half
Dewi Winstone Outside Half/Flanker
Craig Thomas Outside Half
Name Position
Ricky Hawkins Centre
Kevin Williams Centre
Mike Evans Centre
James Ball Centre/Flanker
Hywel Evans Centre/Wing
Chris Kerby Centre/Wing
Neil Kerby Centre
Dean Jones
Name Position
Shaun Evans Wing/Centre
Wayne Evans Wing
John Williams Wing/Centre
Lloyd Richards Wing
Che Edwards Wing/Centre/Outside Half
Colin Macarther Wing/Centre
Steve Lewis Wing
Lee Davies Wing/Flanker
Craig Morgan Wing
Name Position
Rhys Walbeoff Fullback
Owain Harry Fullback/Wing

References

  1. WRU Official website
  2. BBC News (2004-07-08). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC. Retrieved 2008-08-19.


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