Stanley Powell
Stanley J. Powell (19 July 1916 – ) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Cilfynydd RFC in the Rugby union positions#Backs, backs, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales national rugby league team, Wales and Rugby League War of the Roses, Lancashire, and at club level for St Helens R.F.C., St. Helens, Castleford Tigers, Castleford, Oldham RLFC (wartime guest), Broughton Rangers, Belle Vue Rangers (two spells), and Warrington Wolves, Warrington, as a , or . Background Stan Powell was born in Risca, Wales, he died aged 78 in Southport, Merseyside. Playing career International honours Powell won Cap (sport), caps for Wales national rugby league team, Wales (RL) while at St. Helens against England at Central Park (Wigan), Central Park, Wigan during March 1945, and while at Warrington in 1947. Championship final appearances Stan Powell played , i.e. numb ...
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Risca
Risca ( cy, Rhisga) is a town in the Caerphilly County Borough and the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire in south-east Wales. Risca has a railway station, opened on the Ebbw Valley Railway in February 2008, after a gap of 46 years. It is split into two communities; Risca East and Risca West. It has a population of 11,700. The town is now part of the Cardiff Capital Region which has a combined population of 1,543,293. Cardiff the capital of Wales can be reached in under 28 minutes from the nearby railway station of Risca and Pontymister station which reopened in 2008 after a gap of nearly 60 years. The town lies at the south-eastern edge of the South Wales Coalfield and the town has been shaped by mining, together with other heavy industries, for many centuries. Risca is home to Ty-Sign, which is a large housing estate built in the early 1960s as a satellite village for the then new Llanwern steelworks. Risca has a rural aspect and is surrounded to the east and west by sever ...
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