Brecon RFC

Brecon RFC
Full name Brecon Rugby Football Club
Founded 1874[1]
Location Brecon, Wales
President Ron Rowsell
Coach(es) Scott Edwards
Gareth Williams
League(s) WRU Division Three South East
2011-12 6th[2]
Team kit
Official website
www.breconrfc.co.uk

Brecon Rugby Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Rygbi Aberhonddu) is a rugby union club from the town of Brecon, Mid Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Cardiff Blues.[3]

The club was one of the eleven founding members of the Welsh Rugby Union in 1881.[4] Brecon, along with Pontypool, Llandovery College, Lampeter College, Llandeilo and Merthyr inaugurated the South Wales Cup competition in the 1877-78 season.[5]

Past players of note

See also Category:Brecon RFC players

References

  1. ↑ Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980) pg 11 ISBN 0-7083-0766-3
  2. ↑ WRU official website
  3. ↑ BBC News (2004-07-08). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC. Retrieved 2008-07-20.
  4. ↑ Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980) pg 41 ISBN 0-7083-0766-3
  5. ↑ Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980) p.43 ISBN 0-7083-0766-3

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