Builth Wells Rugby Football Club is a

Welsh Welsh may refer to: Related to Wales * Welsh, referring or related to Wales * Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales * Welsh people People * Welsh (surname) * Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peopl ...

rugby union team based in

Builth Wells Builth Wells (; cy, Llanfair-ym-Muallt) is a market town and community in the county of Powys and historic county of Brecknockshire (Breconshire), mid Wales, lying at the confluence of rivers Wye and Irfon, in the Welsh (or upper) part of ...

. Today, Builth Wells RFC play in 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 ...

, Division Two West Central League. Builth Wells RFC are 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 ...

. The club badge shows a bull charging beneath a rugby post. Builth is thought to be a corruption of Llanfair Ym Muallt (buallt), meaning the Church of St. Mary in the Cow Pasture. The original bull was white.

Past honours

*2012–13 WRU Division Two West - Champions *2008–09 WRU Division Two West - Promoted Runners-up *2003–04 WRU Division Two East - Champions

Notable former players

The following players have represented Builth Wells and have been capped at international level. * Jeremy Pugh * Mark Jones

References

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