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Ystradgynlais RFC
Ystradgynlais Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club based in Ystradgynlais, Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is also a feeder club for the Ospreys. The club was established in 1890. Club honours *West Wales Cup Champions (1938) *Swansea Valley Cup (13 Occasions) *Promotion to Heineken League (1991) *Promotion from Division 3 (1993) *Cwmtawe 7s Champions (1994) *Division 2 Champions (1995) *Promotion from Division 5 South West (2008) *West Wales Plate Champions (2008) Former notable players * Joe Jones (Wales) * Steve Bayliss (Wales (RL)) * Anthony Buchanan(Wales) * Jonny Koloi (Tonga) * Kevin Hopkins (Wales) * Tom Hopkins (Wales) * Stan Wright (Cook Islands) * Vernon Cooper (Wales) * Albert Owen (Wales) * Mark Bennett (Wales) * David Lewis (Wales B) * Ogwyn Alexander (Wales B) * William Lewis Thomas (Final Welsh Trialist) * Ness Flowers Ness Flowers (birth unknown) is a Welsh former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ystradgynlais
Ystradgynlais (, ) is a town on the River Tawe in southwest Powys, Wales. It is the second-largest town in Powys and is in the historic county of Brecknockshire. The town has a high proportion of Welsh language-speakers. The community includes Cwmtwrch, Abercraf and Cwmgiedd, with a population of 8,092 in the 2011 census. It forms part of the Swansea Urban Area where the Ystradgynlais subdivision has a population of 10,248. History The place-name Ystradgynlais, meaning 'vale of the river Cynlais' – Cynlais may be a personal name, or derive from ''cyn'' ('chisel') and ''glais'' ('stream') – is first recorded in 1372. In the 1600s there were only a couple of houses by the church and a pub (now the rectory). In 1801 there were only 993 residents in the town living in only 196 houses. The first documented written evidence of iron working in the area was at Ynyscedwyn and is of a deed of release dated 1729. By 1750 there were seven furnaces in south Wales, one of which was at Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Hopkins
Kevin Hopkins (born 29 September 1961) is a retired Welsh International rugby union player. He made seven appearances for his country, as well as representing Cardiff RFC, Swansea RFC and Neath RFC in the top division of Welsh club rugby, and played twice for the Barbarians invitational side. Following his retirement from playing, Hopkins has held numerous coaching positions. His grandfather, Tom Hopkins, was also a Wales international rugby player. Club career Hopkins started his playing career with his home town club Ystradgynlais RFC before going on to represent the first class teams Cardiff RFC, Swansea RFC and Neath RFC. He was club captain for Swansea during the 1991–92 season when they won their first Welsh league title. International career Hopkins made his international test début in April 1985, against England in Cardiff during the 1985 Five Nations Championship. Hopkins' next international appearance came in the 1987 Five Nations championship, where he played in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Baker (rugby Player)
Dan Baker (born 5 July 1992) is a Wales international rugby union player. A back row forward, he plays for Ystradgynlais RFC having previously played for the Dragons, Stade Montois, Ospreys and Aberavon RFC Club career Baker came through the Ospreys grade age system, beginning with Ystradgynlais RFC. He played for Swansea RFC, before makes his debut for the Ospreys in January 2013 in an Anglo-Welsh Cup fixture against the Dragons. He signed a contract extension with the Ospreys in April 2014. In November 2015, he signed a National Dual Contract with the Ospreys and the Welsh Rugby Union. Baker signed another extension with the Ospreys in November 2016. Baker was named as man of the match in a Pro12 match against Connacht on 7 January 2017, scoring a try in the win. He suffered a serious knee injury on 15 October 2017, and was ruled out for the remainder of the season. Baker ultimately did not return until September 2019. Baker departed the Ospreys in 2020 for Pro D2 club Stade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ness Flowers
Ness Flowers (birth unknown) is a Welsh former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He captained the Welsh Schools Under-15's in 1971, and played for Wales Youth in 1973. At club level he played rugby union (RU) for Neath RFC, Crynant RFC, Ystradgynlais RFC, Abercrave RFC and Neath Athletic RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Wigan, Huddersfield and Cardiff City (Bridgend) Blue Dragons, as a , i.e. number 7. International honours Ness Flowers won 4 caps for Wales (RL) in 1980–1984 while at Wigan, and Cardiff City (Bridgend) Blue Dragons 1-tries 3-points. Note Before the start of the 1984/85 season, Cardiff City Blue Dragons relocated from Ninian Park in Cardiff, to Coychurch Road Ground in Bridgend Bridgend (; cy, Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr or just , meaning "the end of the bridge on the Ogmore") is a town in Bridgend County Borough in Wales, west of Cardiff and east of Swansea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lewis Thomas
William Lewis Thomas (30 June 1913 – 1 February 1995) born in Ystradgynlais, was a Welsh rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s and 1940s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Ystradgynlais RFC and Neath RFC, as a Scrum-half, and club level rugby league (RL) for Ystradgynlais RLFC. He captained Ystradgynlais RFC in 1937/38, and played for Neath RFC between the years of 1938 and 1941, and then for a further season in 1946. He was one half of the then famous pre-war halfback partnership, alongside Welsh international outside half W. E. Jones, he died in Ystradgynlais. He played in two final Welsh trials but lost out on selection to Swansea Scrum Half Haydn Tanner on both occasions. Thomas also played rugby league for his home village team of Ystradgynlais RLFC in 1949. Ystradgynlais RLFC played in the Welsh League (1949–55), and they also played host to St. Helens, Wakefield Trinity Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Bennett (rugby Union, Born 1969)
Anthony Mark Bennett (born 26 January 1969) is a Welsh International rugby union player. He made three appearances for his country, as well as representing Swansea RFC, Cardiff RFC and Neath RFC in the top division of Welsh club rugby, and Bristol RFC in English club rugby. Following his retirement from playing, Bennett became a strength and conditioning coach, holding the position of conditioning coach for the Welsh national team for four years. Rugby career Bennett made five appearances for Swansea RFC during the 1989/90 season. He moved to Cardiff RFC for the 1990/91 season, where he spend the majority of his playing career. It was while at Cardiff that Bennett made all three of his appearances for the Wales national team. His début came at the 1995 Rugby World Cup in South Africa, against New Zealand. He made one appearance in Wales' 1995 tour of South Africa, during which he scored a try, and his only victory for Wales came in his final game and only home appearance, agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vernon Cooper
Vernon Cooper (born 12 June 1977) is a former Welsh rugby union footballer, who played for the Scarlets in the Celtic League. Cooper has also played for Wales. His usual position was at lock. Playing career Cooper represented Wales at a number of national levels, including Under-18, Under-19 and Under-21, as well as playing for the Wales 'A' team. He was promoted to the senior national team in 2002. He made his senior debut for Wales on 16 November 2002, playing against Canada at the Millennium Stadium; Wales won 32–21. The following season, he was again included in Wales' squad for the Tests in August. He came on as a replacement against Ireland at Lansdowne Road, which Ireland won 35–12. He played in the following match against Scotland in Cardiff, which Wales won 23–9. During the 2008–09 season, he started coaching the Llanelli RFC forwards on a part-time basis, and was also used as an emergency back-row player. In June 2011, Cooper announced his retirement from rugby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Wright (rugby Union)
Stan Wright (born 29 September 1978) is a retired Cook Islands international rugby union player, who played in the prop position for Leinster, Blues and Stade Français. Playing career Stan's played for clubs such as the Marist Club in Whangarei, and for Northland in the Air New Zealand Cup where he played alongside Fijian flyer, Rupeni Caucaunibuca. He was also part of the Auckland Blues squad for the 2006 Super 14 season, however, he was forced to withdraw due to injury. Wright joined Irish side Leinster in December 2006 as an injury replacement for Will Green, after he was recommended to the club by Auckland scrum coach Mike Casey, who was a friend of the then Leinster forwards coach, Mike Brewer. Wright proved himself to be a successful scrummager and eventually nailed himself down as the first choice prop for the club. The following season, Stanley helped Leinster to their 2nd Magners League title win, with a number of impressive performances in the front row, he was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Hopkins (rugby Union)
Thomas Edward Hopkins (born 1911) was an English professional footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby .... He played for Gillingham between 1933 and 1937. He stood tall. References 1911 births Year of death missing English men's footballers Gillingham F.C. players Sportspeople from Bilston Men's association football midfielders Footballers from Wolverhampton {{england-footy-midfielder-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonny Koloi
Jonny is a masculine given name, and pet name, in the English language. A pet form of Jon, the natural diminutive of given name Jonathan, in some cases it can also mean a condom. A variant form of ''Jonny'' is ''Jonnie''. People with the name *Jonny (footballer) (born 1994), Spanish footballer currently playing for Wolves *Jonny Buckland (born 1977), English musician and guitarist for the band Coldplay *Jonny Clayton (born 1974), Welsh professional darts player *Jonny Craig (born 1986), Canadian-American singer-songwriter *Jonny Evans (born 1988), Northern Irish footballer currently playing for Leicester City F.C. * Jonny Greenwood (born 1971), English musician and guitarist for the band Radiohead *Jonny Hector (born 1964), Swedish chess Grandmaster *Jonny Howson (born 1988), English footballer currently playing for Middlesbrough F.C. *Jonny Kim (born 1984), American navy lieutenant, physician, and astronaut *Jonny Lang (born 1981), American blues rock singer-songwriter and guit ... [...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] |
Anthony Buchanan
Anthony Buchanan (born 30 June 1955 in Ystradgynlais, Wales) is a former rugby union player. A prop forward, Buchanan made his international debut for Wales versus Tonga on 29 May 1987. He played for Wales in the first Rugby World Cup later that year and he featured in the Wales Triple Crown winning team of 1988. Buchanan played his domestic rugby at Llanelli RFC Llanelli Rugby Football Club ( cy, Clwb Rygbi Llanelli) is a Welsh rugby union club founded on 30 March 1872. The club's historic home ground was Stradey Park in Llanelli, but they moved in 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent Pembert ... and he later became Director of Rugby at Llanelli. He played 225 for Llanelli and scored 27 tries. References See also Llanelli profile* 1955 births Living people People from Brecknockshire Rugby union players from Powys Welsh rugby union players Wales international rugby union players Llanelli RFC players Rugby union players from Ystradgynlais Rugby u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
