Ammanford Rugby Football Club is a

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In it ...

team from the town of Ammanford,

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. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a

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for the

Llanelli Scarlets The Scarlets () are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams and are based in Llanelli, Wales. Their home ground is the Parc y Scarlets stadium. They play in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup (which ...

History

Ammanford RFC's first officially recorded rugby match came in 1887 against a team from Mynyddbach, Swansea. The game was played at Ynys field opposite the River Amman and their initial clubhouse was the Cross Inn Hotel at Ammanford Square. Ammanford's first official strip colours were amber and black, then switching colours twice before the club settled on black and blue in 1912. In 1889, Ammanford RFC produced their first international player in

Percy Lloyd David Percy Marmaduke Lloyd (5 January 1871 – 10 March 1959) was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Llanelli. Lloyd played for Wales on four occasions during the 1890 and 1891 Home Nations Championships. Rugby c ...

. Lloyd played four international matches between 1889 and 1890 for

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, against Scotland, Ireland and England twice. During the 1895-96 season Ammanford RFC successfully gained membership to the Welsh Rugby Union.

Club honours

* 2007-08 WRU Division Three West - Champions * 2007-08 WRU West Wales Bowl Winners * 2008-09 SWALEC Plate - Winners * 2010-11 SWALEC Plate - Winners

Notable former players

''See also :Ammanford RFC players'' The following list contains players who have represented Ammanford RFC and have also been capped at an international level in rugby. * Cyril H Davies (7 caps, 1957–61)''Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981'' p464, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980) * Daniel Evans (2 caps, 2009) * Jack Evans (3 caps, 1896–97) * Tom Evans (18 caps, 1906–11) * Ike Fowler (1 cap, 1919) *

Thomas Hollingdale The Rev Thomas "Tom" Henry Hollingdale AKC (12 November 1900 – 14 April 1978), was a Church of England cleric and Wales international rugby player. Rugby career Thomas Hollingdale was born in Waunarlwydd on 12 November 1900. He attended Waun ...

(6 caps, 1927–30) *

Samson Lee Samson Lee (born 30 November 1992) is a Wales international rugby union player currently playing for the Scarlets having previously played for Llanelli and Ammanford. His position is prop forward. Lee has represented Wales, making his debut ag ...

(3 caps, 2013-) *

(4 caps, 1890–91) * Hugh Lloyd-Davies * Joe Rees (12 caps, 1920–24) * Donald Tarr (1 cap, 1935) *

Ted Ward Edward H. Ward (1917 – May 1988) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, and Coach (sport), coached rugby league in the 1950s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Amma ...

(13 RL caps, 1946–51)

References

External links

Ammanford RFC
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