Beddau 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 village of
Beddau, South
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the 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 ...
. The present club was formed in 1951-52, but it can trace its roots to around 1900. Beddau RFC is a member of the
Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for
Cardiff Blues.
History
Beddau had a village rugby team from around 1900 until the Second World War. During the war all the club's records were destroyed apart from a few remaining photographs of Beddau RFC teams from the late 1930s.
Beddau RFC was reformed in 1951-52 and has since been based in Castellau Road, Beddau. The club plays at Mount Pleasant Park, Beddau.
Today
Today, Beddau RFC plays in the
WRU Championship WRU may refer to:
* Welsh Rugby Union, sports association in Wales
* Waikato Rugby Union, sports association in Waikato, New Zealand
* Wesleyan Reform Union, Methodist church group in Britain
* WRU, station code for West Ruislip station, Hillingd ...
. In the 2006-07 season, Beddau RFC won the Division One East League, but were denied promotion to the Premier League as their grounds were deemed not to meet WRU criteria. This ruling was upheld at an EGM by 67% of members.
The Club was entered into the inaugural Swalec Championship and had several good seasons in the second WRU league tier before being relegated in 2013/14. In 2014/15 With new coaches Lee Davies and Ben Daniels at the helm the Green and Golds led by Glenn Slater bounced back immediately to the Championship winning the Division One East Central title in emphatic fashion, winning 21 out of their 22 fixtures and going unbeaten at home. Winning the league meant a Play-off game for promotion to the Championship against Penalta RFC which beddau won convincingly 22-13.
The Club has a thriving mini and junior section, excellent Youth team that all feeds into the Development XV and 1st XV.
Club honours
* Worthington's
Mid District Cup 2007-08 - Winners
* Swalec Division One East Champions 2014/15
* WRU Division One East Champions - 2006-07
* Mid District Cup 2006-07 - Winners
* Mid District Cup 2005-06 - Winners
* Mid District Cup 2004-05 - Winners
* Mid District Cup 2003-04 - Winners
*
Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy 1989-90 - Winners
* Mid District Cup 1970-71 - Winners
Notable former players
Full Internationals
*
Gareth Prothero (Wales and
British Lions)
*
Steve Fenwick (Wales and British Lions)
* Chris Bridges (Wales)
*
Andrew Lamerton (Wales)
*
Gareth Wyatt (Wales)
*
Michael Owen
Michael James Owen (born 14 December 1979) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle United, Manchester United and Stoke City, as well as for the England national team. Since r ...
(Wales and British Lions)
*
Gemma Hallett (Wales Women)
*
Gethin Jenkins
Gethin Jenkins (born 17 November 1980) is a Welsh former rugby union player. He won 129 international caps for Wales and five for the British & Irish Lions. Jenkins was the record cap holder for Wales until he was overtaken by Alun Wyn Jones o ...
(Wales and British Lions)
*
Bradley Davies (Wales)
Current Internationals
*
Tom Slater (Wales Sevens)
* Tom Riley (Wales Sevens)
External links
Beddau Rugby Football Club
References
Welsh rugby union teams
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