Beddau Rugby Football Club is a
rugby union team from the village of
Beddau
Beddau ( en, Graves cy, Y Beddau) is a large former mining village (and electoral ward) situated within the South Wales Valleys Davies (2008), page 507. around from Llantrisant and from the larger town of Pontypridd in the county borough of R ...
, South
Wales. 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
The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU; cy, Undeb Rygbi Cymru) is the Sports governing body, governing body of rugby union in the country of Wales, recognised by the sport's international governing body, World Rugby.
The WRU is responsible for the running ...
and is a feeder club for
Cardiff Blues
Cardiff Rugby ( cy, Rygbi Caerdydd) are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams. They compete in the United Rugby Championship and in European Professional Club Rugby competitions.
Based in Cardiff, the team play at Cardiff Arms ...
.
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. 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 The Mid District Cup, presently called the Worthington Mid District Cup for sponsorship reasons, is an annual rugby union competition that is contested between clubs in South Wales. The competition is a knock-out format and teams from the Welsh P ...
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
Gareth John Prothero (born ) is a former international rugby union player.
Prothero was capped eleven times by Wales as a flanker between 1964 and 1966 and scored one try for his country.Griffiths, page 4:35–4:36 He was selected for Wales' f ...
(Wales and
British Lions)
*
Steve Fenwick
Steven Paul Fenwick (born 23 July 1951) is a Welsh former rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1970s and 1980s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Bridgend RFC, as ...
(Wales and British Lions)
*
Chris Bridges (Wales)
*
Andrew Lamerton
Andrew Edwin Horace Lamerton (born 28 May 1970) is a Welsh former rugby union international.
Born in Church Village, Lamerton attended Bryn Celynnog Comprehensive School, which also produced his future Wales teammate Neil Jenkins. He played his ea ...
(Wales)
*
Gareth Wyatt
Gareth Wyatt (born 4 March 1977 in Pontypridd) is a Welsh rugby union player who has won two caps for the Wales national rugby union team.
Education
A fluent Welsh speaker, Wyatt attended Ysgol Gymraeg Llantrisant (Llantrisant Welsh Primary Sc ...
(Wales)
*
Michael Owen (Wales and British Lions)
*
Gemma Hallett (Wales Women)
*
Gethin Jenkins (Wales and British Lions)
*
Bradley Davies
Bradley Davies (born 9 January 1987) is a Welsh international rugby union player for the Ospreys in the Pro14. His is the son of the former lock for Pontypridd; Bleddyn Davies.
Career
Bradley's first position as a youngster was outside half ...
(Wales)
*
Dillon Lewis (Wales)
Other internationals
*
Tom Slater (Wales Sevens)
* Tom Riley (Wales Sevens)
References
External links
Beddau RFC
Rugby union teams in Wales
Beddau
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