Taibach RFC
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Full name | Taibach Rugby Football Club | |
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Nickname(s) | Tigers | |
Founded | 1894 | |
Location | Taibach, Wales | |
Ground(s) | The Plough | |
Chairman | Paul Parry | |
Coach(es) | Richard Hopkins, Steve Oliver | |
League(s) | WRU Division Three West Central A | |
2021/22 | 1st[1] | |
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Official website | ||
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Taibach Rugby Football Club are a Welsh rugby union club based in Taibach of Port Talbot in Wales, UK. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is also a feeder club for the Ospreys.[2]
Taibach RFC were the winners of the inaugural Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy competition during the 1956–57 season beating Skewen RFC.
Club honours
[edit]- Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy 1957 - Champions
Notable former players
[edit]International players
[edit]Richard Hibbard
James Hook
Dan Jones
Trevor Lloyd
William Mainwaring
Alan McCarley
Bryn Phillips
Walter Vickery
Evan Williams
Gerwyn Williams
Andrew Millward
Senior players
[edit]Players who went on to represent 'Premiership' clubs at senior levels are.
Swansea RFC- Richard Hibbard, Matthew Bradley, Mark Fender, Richard Lewis
Aberavon RFC- Denzil Jones, James Jones, Matthew Bradley, Michael Kelly, Mark Fender
Bridgend RFC-Michael Kelly
Neath RFC-James Hook
Ospreys-James Hook, Richard Hibbard
Notes
[edit]- ^ WRU official website
- ^ BBC News (8 July 2004). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC. Retrieved 11 June 2008.