Aberystwyth RFC

Aberystwyth RFC

Full name	Aberystwyth Rugby Football Club
Union	Welsh Rugby Union
Founded	1947
Location	Aberystwyth, Wales
Ground(s)	Plascrug
Chairman	Tim Lewis
Coach(es)	Emlyn Jones, Ifan Thomas, Craig Turner and Alwyn Davies
Captain(s)	Jason Rees
League(s)	WRU Division Two West
2014-2015	5th[1]
1st kit 2nd kit
Official website
www.aberystwythrfc.co.uk

Aberystwyth Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the town of Aberystwyth, West Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and a feeder club for the Scarlets regional side.^[2]

Rugby had been played in Aberystwyth since the late 19th century^[3] when the local college founded a rugby team. Aberystwyth Rugby Club was founded in 1947^[4] and the first game was against an Aberystwyth College second team. The club gained membership of the Welsh Rugby Union in May, 1954 which allowed future competitive matches. The team's clubhouse was founded with help of a ten-year interest-free loan from the WRU in 1960. This original clubhouse burned down and was reconstructed in the 1970s.

References

1. WRU official site
2. BBC News (2004-07-08). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
3. Smith (1980) p. 67
4. 'Smith (1980), p. 331

Bibliography

• Smith, David; Williams, Gareth (1980). Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881–1981. ISBN 0-7083-0766-3.

External links

• Official site