Waunarlwydd RFC

Waunarlwydd Rugby Football Club are a Welsh rugby union club based in the village of Waunarlwydd, Swansea. Waunarlwydd are a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and are a feeder club for the Ospreys.[1]

Waunarlwydd RFC
Full nameWaunarlwydd Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s)The Rams
Founded1901(c)
LocationWaunarlwydd, Wales
Ground(s)Waunarlwydd Recreation Ground
ChairmanAndrew Wedlake
Coach(es)Jonny Lewis. Daniel Joseph. Assistant coaches = Rodders, Evz, Gaffa, Dai Watts,
Captain(s)Chris Seeley
League(s)WRU Division One West
2021-227th
Team kit
Official website
www.waunarlwyddrfc.org.uk

Formed in 1900 the club celebrated its centenary with a tour to Prague in the Czech Republic.

The club runs teams at all ages between Under 8 and Under 16, a youth section consisting of under 17's and under 19's, seniors, veterans and women's teams. Waunarlwydd currently plays in the WRU Division One West following promotion from WRU Division Two West in the 2009/2010 season. It is the club's second spell in Division One; they originally attained promotion following the 2004/2005 season before being relegated at the end of the 2007/2008 season.

Club history

Waunarlwydd RFC was formed in 1900 and originally played on what is now the Common at Mynydd Bach Y Glo. The team changed at the Arcade, this being the name of the building on the corner of Swansea Road and Bryn Road. There were no club colours and players provided their own jerseys, whatever the colour. In 1908 Waunarlwydd played in a Championship final at St. Helen's. Their opponents were Baycliff, a team from the Sandfields area a match which saw Waunarlwydd have eight players sent off.[2]

The club tasted their first championship success in season 1921-1922 when they won the Third Division Championship of the Swansea & District Rugby Union. In 1933 made its first application for membership of the Welsh Rugby Union. The team won the Swansea and District Rugby Union league and cup double in the 1950/51 season.

In the 1984/85 season the 'green and blacks' reached the West Wales Cup Final following victories against Ystradgynlais, Tumble and Seven Sisters in the preceding rounds. Waunarlwydd RFC met, and lost to, Carmarthen Athletic in the final.

Past Players

Liam San-Jay Williams - Scarlets, Saracens, Cardiff, Wales, B&I Lions. Nicky Smith - Ospreys, Wales. Scott Otten - Ospreys. Matthew Protheroe - Gloucester. England Elite 18, 20'S. Nicky Thomas - Gloucester. Dai Watts - Swansea Rfc. Keelan Giles - Ospreys. David Weatherley - Swansea and Wales

Current squad
Player Position Player Position
Rhys Flower Hooker Joel Matuschke Scrum half
Rhys Mango Cherry Hooker Morgan Couch Scrum half/ Wing
Mike Maddocks Hooker Phil Evans Pack
Steff Turkish Jones Flanker Charlie Smith Fly Half
Nick Clous Jones Fly Half
Chris Seeley Prop Andrew Rees-Spowart Fly Half/ Center
Ryan Porter Prop Jonny Lewis Fly Half/ Center Iwan Norman

Second Row/ Flanker

 Dan Moyle Lock/ 8 keiran Lewis Center
Sam Kirwan Lock Rhys Powell Center
Jamie Rose Lock
Dan Joseph Flanker Adam Mort Center
Daryll Moore Lock Tom Wedlake Center
Sion Evans Flanker Callum Owen
James Cleary Flanker Rhodri Williams Wing
Rhys Satts Wing
Owain Green Centre Will Thomas Fullback

References
  1. BBC News (2004-07-08). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC. Retrieved 2008-05-21.
  2. Waunarlwydd RFC 1900-1975 compiled by Eldred Bayliss and Howard George (1975)
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