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Rumney RFC
Rumney Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union based in Rumney, Wales. Rumney RFC presently compete in the Welsh Rugby Union Division One East league. Rumney were promoted to the Division One East league after finishing second in the Division Two East league in the 2006/07 season. 2010/2011 Mini & Junior Under 8s, 9's, 10's, 11's, 12's, 13's, 14's, 15's, 16's 2010/2011 Youth & Open Age Rumney RFC Firsts - WRU Division One East Rumney RFC Seconds - WRU Reserve League Rumney RFC Youth - Blues Premier Club honours * 1994-95 Welsh League Division 5 - Champions Notable past players * Phil Ford - Wales and Great Britain rugby league international * Steve Ford - Wales international * Lloyd White - Crusaders & Wales rugby league international * Lewis Mills - South Wales Scorpions & Wales rugby league international * Lewis Reece - South Wales Scorpions & Wales rugby league international * Jamie Roberts - Cardiff Blues Cardiff Rugby ( cy, Rygbi Caerdydd) are one o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rumney, Cardiff
Rumney ( cy, Tredelerch) is a district and community in the east of the city of Cardiff, Wales. It lies east of the Rhymney River, and is historically part of Monmouthshire. On 1 April 1938 the Cardiff Extension Act 1937 incorporated it into the county borough of Cardiff, although it remained part of Monmouthshire, and England until the Local Government Act 1972 made Monmouthshire a part of Wales. Description This is a predominantly residential area with a variety of social and private housing. There a many places of worship in the area, local shops, beauty salons and Café's, Rumney has a community charity based at Brachdy House called Rumney Forum, which is also home to the charity A Better Fit-School Uniform Donation.There are many shopping outlets on Newport Road as well as local shops at the top of Rumney Hill. New industrial and business estates have been developed alongside existing ones on Lamby Way providing employment opportunities. Within the older sectors of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Ford
Stephen Paul Ford (born 15 August 1965 in Cardiff) was a Welsh international rugby union winger. After being banned from rugby union for an act of professionalism, he was eventually allowed back into the sport and went on to represent the Wales national team. He played club rugby for Cardiff. Rugby career Club career Steve Ford played rugby as a schoolboy representing Llanrumney High School before joining Rumney RFC. In April 1985, Ford made his debut for Cardiff. Later that year, he had a trial with rugby league club Leeds. He made two appearances for the club as an amateur, scoring a try in a 60–12 win against Keighley in the Yorkshire Cup. He was offered a contract by Leeds, but Ford decided to return to Wales and resume playing for Cardiff. However, the Welsh Rugby Union soon learned of Ford's appearances for Leeds, and banned him from playing rugby union due to the sport's stance on professionalism. During his ban, Ford played several rugby league matches with Salford d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Roberts
Jamie Huw Roberts (born 8 November 1986) is a former Welsh rugby union player, who most recently played for the Waratahs. His usual position is centre. Beginning in 2005, Roberts has played for Cardiff RFC, Cardiff Blues, Racing Métro, Cambridge University, Harlequins, Bath and the Stormers, and joined the Dragons in 2020. He won 94 caps for Wales between 2008 and 2017, and three for the British & Irish Lions on their tours to South Africa in 2009 and Australia in 2013. Career Early career Roberts represented Wales at all levels between Under 16 and Under 19, and once again for the Under 21s. He was part of the Under 21 team which won the Six Nations Grand Slam in 2005. During the 2005–06 season, he represented Cardiff RFC. He played 11 times and scored 5 tries. In the 2006–07 season, he sustained a shoulder injury but recovered to play 17 times and score 10 tries for his amateur club. 2007–2008 Cardiff Blues With players away at the 2007 Rugby World Cup, Rober ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Reece
Lewis Reece (born 17 June 1991) is a Welsh professional rugby league footballer who plays at for West Wales Raiders in the Betfred Championship Playing career He has previously played for the South Wales Scorpions, Kingston Press Championship-1 side Gloucestershire All Golds. International He has played at representative level for Great Britain and Wales at Under-18's and Wales first team level. In October 2014, Lewis was called up to the Wales national rugby league team along with 3 other players to replace the Garreth Carvell and Rob Massam withdrawals from the 2014 European Cup squad. He kicked 1 goal out of two attempts in his country's opening game against Scotland. He kicked 3 goals in the following game against France and then 1 game in the final game of the tournament against Ireland. In October 2015, Lewis was once again called up by Welsh national team coach John Kear John Kear (born 25 November 1954) is an English professional rugby league coach who is the he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Wales Ironmen
The South Wales Scorpions, known as the South Wales Ironmen in 2017, were a semi-professional rugby league club based in South Wales. They played in the third tier of the British rugby league system (currently known as League 1) between 2010 and 2017. The team initially played at The Gnoll in Neath, before spells at Caerphilly, Mountain Ash, Maesteg, and Merthyr Tydfil. Under new ownership, the club relocated to Llanelli effective immediately in July 2017. The following season, they began competing as West Wales Raiders. History In December 2009, South Wales RLFC was admitted into Championship One for the 2010 season. This followed the relocation of Super League club Crusaders RL from Bridgend to Wrexham. The Scorpions moniker was announced on 22 December. Wales Rugby League agreed to take over the running of the Scorpions for the 2014 season after club owner Phil Davies decided to step down. In 2014, the Scorpions played at Llynfi Road in Maesteg. The club relocated the fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Mills (rugby League)
Lewis Mills (born 30 May 1989) is a Wales international rugby league footballer who played for the Crusaders in the Super League. He signed for the Crusaders, then Celtic Crusaders in 2008, after coming through the youth ranks at the Newport Titans. Mills' position of preference is . Mills made his Super League début in 2009's Super League XIV, coming off the bench in a round 24 loss away to Wakefield Trinity Wildcats. He played on three more occasions, all of which were substitute appearances. Mills also gained national honours, playing for his native Wales in their European Cup success in 2009. Mills was dual registered with the South Wales Scorpions in the Championship 1 during the 2010 season before signing for the Scorpions in January 2011. Background Lewis Mills was born in Cardiff, Glamorgan , HQ = Cardiff , Government = Glamorgan County Council (1889–1974) , Origin= , Code = GLA , CodeName = Chapman code , Replace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crusaders Rugby League
Crusaders Rugby League ( cy, Croesgadwyr Rygbi'r Gynghrair) was a professional rugby league club based in Bridgend and later in Wrexham, Wales. They played for six seasons in the Rugby Football League competitions, including three years in the Super League from 2009 to 2011. Founded as Celtic Crusaders in 2005 initially based in Bridgend, the club played in National League Two from 2006 to 2007 and in National League One in 2008. In 2009 they were awarded a Super League licence, and in 2010 they moved from Bridgend to Wrexham in North Wales, and dropped "Celtic" from their name. After three years in the Super League, on 26 July 2011 the club announced they were withdrawing their application to remain in the league for the 2012–15 seasons. They disbanded after the 2011 season, and were succeeded by a new club, North Wales Crusaders, in Championship 1 in 2012. They played their home matches at Brewery Field then the Racecourse Ground. The Crusaders won the National League Tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloyd White (rugby League)
Lloyd White (born 9 August 1988) is a Welsh international rugby league footballer who plays as a for Toulouse Olympique in the Betfred Championship. He has previously played for Crusaders Rugby League, Crusaders RL and spent time playing for the South Wales Ironmen, South Wales Scorpions. He played as a earlier in his career. Background White was born in Cardiff, Wales. He is of Jamaican heritage. Playing career Crusaders White made six appearances for Crusaders in his début season of 2009. Following the demise of Crusaders, White joined Widnes Vikings, Widnes, starting in 2012. South Wales Scorpions He spent some time on loan at the South Wales Ironmen, South Wales Scorpions in 2010. Widnes Vikings On 1 May 2014, White committed to the Vikings on a new two-year deal. Toulouse Olympique On 5 November 2019, Toulouse announced that they had signed Lloyd White from Australian side Mackay Cutters for the 2020 season. In June 2020, shortly before the 2020 Championship seaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Ford (rugby)
Rothmans RL Yearbooks Phil Ford (born 16 March 1961), also known by the nickname of "The Rubber Man", is a Welsh former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Rumney RFC and Cardiff RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain and Wales, and at club level for Warrington ( Heritage No.), Wigan ( Heritage No. 809), Bradford Northern, Leeds ( Heritage No.) and Salford, as a or . His brother Steve Ford was a Wales national rugby union team footballer, who was suspended for a period for having played a rugby league trial with Leeds. His nephew is Wales rugby league international Lloyd White. Ford initially played rugby union in Wales at club level for Cardiff RFC and Rumney RFC. He changed rugby football codes from rugby union to rugby league when he transferred to Warrington during 1981. Ford was selected to go on the 1988 Great Britain Lions tour. He was a member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in 2021 of 3,107,500 and has a total area of . Wales has over of coastline and is largely mountainous with its higher peaks in the north and central areas, including Snowdon (), its highest summit. The country lies within the Temperateness, north temperate zone and has a changeable, maritime climate. The capital and largest city is Cardiff. Welsh national identity emerged among the Celtic Britons after the Roman withdrawal from Britain in the 5th century, and Wales was formed as a Kingdom of Wales, kingdom under Gruffydd ap Llywelyn in 1055. Wales is regarded as one of the Celtic nations. The Conquest of Wales by Edward I, conquest of Wales by Edward I of England was completed by 1283, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WRU Division One East
The Welsh Rugby Union Specsavers Division One East is a rugby union league in Wales. It was 'born' out of a restructure of the former league system that had formally begun in Wales for the 1990/91 season. As a result of the restructure of 2006, the WRU decided to divide the then Division One into two leagues, East and West, and Division 1 East was implemented and became a regular part of the fixture list. In 2014, another restructure of Welsh Rugby's league system saw more changes within the Division One tier. This introduced an additional 2 leagues at this level bringing the total number of Division 1 leagues up to 4. Each league comprises 12 teams and combined the 48 clubs from the old Divisions One and Two with Clubs being placed into the corresponding league table based on their geographic location. The four leagues that currently make up the Division 1 level are as follows: Division One East, Division One East Central, Division One West Central and Division One West. Competit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WRU Division Two East
The Welsh Rugby Union League 2 East (also called the SWALEC League 2 East for sponsorship reasons) is a rugby union league in Wales. Competition format and sponsorship Competition There are 12 clubs in the WRU League 2 East. During the course of a season (which lasts from September to May) each club plays the others twice, once at their home ground and once at that of their opponents for a total of 22 games for each club, with a total of 132 games in each season. Teams receive four points for a win and two point for a draw, an additional bonus point is awarded to either team if they score four tries or more in a single match. No points are awarded for a loss though the losing team can gain a bonus point for finishing the match within seven points of the winning team. Teams are ranked by total points, then the number of tries scored and then points difference. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned as champion. If points are equal the tries scored then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
