Croesyceiliog Rugby Football Club is 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 ...
team based in
Croesyceiliog
Croesyceiliog (, ''Cockerel's Cross'') is a suburb of Cwmbran, Wales.
Housing
Croesyceiliog is primarily a residential district and contains a wide variety of housing from Victorian terraces and even older Welsh cottages to property built bet ...
. Today, Croesyceiliog RFC plays in the
Welsh Rugby Union Division One East league and are a feeder club for
Newport Gwent Dragons.
History
Croesyceiliog RFC was founded in 1881 and the first known Club Captain was one G. Morgan who led the side in the 1883/84 season. The side are known locally as the Cockerels, and a Cockerel is depicted on the club's crest. The club has played at several locations during their long history including at one point in a farm-field owned by Jack Walker, a former player, chairman and president of the club. Since the 1960s
Torfaen
Torfaen (; cy, Torfaen ) is a county borough in the south-east of Wales. Torfaen is bordered by the county of Monmouthshire to the east, the city of Newport to the south, and the county boroughs of Caerphilly and Blaenau Gwent to the south-w ...
Borough Council have allowed Croesyceiliog RFC to use the facilities at Woodland Road.
During 1975, under the chairmanship of Mr Jack Walker, the Rugby Club amalgamated with Croesyceiliog
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...
Club, and established headquarters at the cricket ground. In 1976, the club applied for, and was granted membership of the Welsh Rugby Union.
Croesyceiliog RFC Official website
Club honours
*1998/99 - WRU Division Five East Champions
*2000/01 - WRU Division Four East Champions
*2015/16 - Ben Francis Cup Winners
*2016/17 - WRU Division Two East Champions
*2014/15 - World Record Longest Drop Goal - Luke Brown
Notable former players
* Clive Burgess (9 caps)
* Lewk Loder (99 caps)
References
Rugby clubs established in 1881
Welsh rugby union teams
1881 establishments in Wales
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