Bonymaen Rugby Football Club are a
Welsh 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 ...
club based in the village of
Bon-y-maen
Bon-y-maen, sometimes spelt ''Bonymaen'', ( cy, Bôn-y-maen) is a community in Swansea, Wales located about north east of Swansea city centre. It falls within the coterminous Bonymaen ward for elections to Swansea Council.
Bôn-y-maen is ...
,
Swansea, South Wales. Bonymaen RFC currently play 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 ...
and are a feeder club for the
Ospreys.
also including teams from under 6s to the under 16s, youth, Bonymaen 2nds, Bonymaen 1sts and Bonymaen Ladies.
In May 2006 Bonymaen RFC were one of the 13 'Rebel' clubs who brought a vote of no confidence against the
Welsh Rugby Union, which centered on financing and the handling of former coach
Mike Ruddock
Mike Ruddock, OBE (born 5 September 1959) is a Welsh rugby union coach who is currently an interim consultant for Ospreys, having previously coached Lansdowne FC . Ruddock was the Director of Rugby at the Worcester Warriors until his resignatio ...
's departure. The vote failed heavily with only 20 votes for the motion and over 300 against.
In the 2006–07 season, Bonymaen RFC won the Division One West League, but were denied promotion to the Premier League as their grounds were deemed to not meet WRU criteria. This ruling was upheld in an EGM by 67% of members.
In the 2014–15 season, Bonymaen RFC won Division 1 West Central, losing just 2 league games all year, both away against Maesteg Quins and Trebanos. This meant a play off with the winners of Division 1 West, Newcastle Emlyn. Played at a neutral venue in Carmarthen, Emlyn won the game and Bony remained in Division 1 West Central for the following season.
In the 2015–16 season Bonymaen enjoyed less success, finishing 5th in the league that they had won the previous year. As of December 19, 2016, they currently sit top of Division 1 West Central.
Club honours
* 2006-07 Division 1 West League - Champions
* 2014-15 Division 1 West Central - Champions
* 2018-19 - WRU Plate - Runners-Up
Notable former players
The below lists players who have played for Bonymaen and have also played rugby at an international level.
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Malcolm Dacey
*
Richard Webster
*
Alun Wyn Jones
Alun Wyn Jones (born 19 September 1985) is a Welsh professional rugby union player who plays as a Rugby union/lock, lock for the Ospreys (rugby union), Ospreys and the Wales national rugby union team, Wales national team. He is List of rugby u ...
*
Rory Thornton
External links
Bonymaen RFC
References
Welsh rugby union teams
Rugby union in Swansea
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