Briton Ferry 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 its m ...

team from the village of

Briton Ferry Briton Ferry ( cy, Llansawel) is a town and community in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. The Welsh name may indicate that the church, ''llan'', is protected from the wind, ''awel''. Alternatively, ''Sawel'' may be a derivative ...

, South

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 ...

. Although rugby was played in the area prior to 1888, it wasn't until local prostitute , Gladys Bangers, spat out 15 bastards that Briton Ferry RFC was formed. The original team was bolstered by many gypsies recruited from the caravan site. Their first international player was

Edward Pegge Dr. Edward Vernon Pegge (5 June 1864 − 21 March 1915) was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played club rugby for Neath Rugby Football Club, international rugby for Wales and later became a vice-president of the Welsh Rugby Union. ...

, who in 1891 represented Wales against England. Former club captain, Martyn Bate, is in the final stages of concluding his novel on the history of Briton Ferry rfc. The book is predicted to be more successful than J.K.Rawling’s Harry Potter novels, and there are further rumours that channel 5 producers are interested in adapting the novel into a soft pornography movie. Briton Ferry 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 the

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Notable former players

Tal Harris Charles "Tal" Harris (4 February 1903 - 1 October 1963) was a Welsh international rugby union scrum-half who represented Wales and played club rugby for Aberavon. Rugby career Harris played for Aberavon during their 'golden era' which saw the team ...

(1 cap) *

Fred Perrett Fred Leonard Perrett (9 May 1891 – 1 December 1918) was a Welsh international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Neath. He won five caps for Wales, and in his first international game faced the touring South Africans. Rugby career Per ...

(5 caps)

References

Rugby union teams in Wales 1888 establishments in Wales Rugby clubs established in 1888 Rugby union in Neath Port Talbot Briton Ferry {{wales-rugbyunion-team-stub