Cwmavon Rugby Football Club also known as Cwmafan Rugby Football Club ( cy, Clwb Rygbi Cwmafan) is a
rugby union
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club based in
Cwmavon,
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
. Cwmavon RFC is a member club of the
Welsh Rugby Union, and is a feeder club for the
Ospreys.
The club badge depicts a shield split in half vertically with the left side containing the Lamb of God rampant and the right side a
red dragon rampant. A banner underneath bears the club name.
Cwmavon RFC has seen several past players selected to represent the
Wales national team; although none of them did so while playing with the club having moved on to more senior teams.
Former players of note
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Emlyn Davies
Emlyn Price Davies (15 January 1922 – 6 September 2016) was a Welsh international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Swansea and Aberavon and county rugby for Glamorgan. He was capped for Wales national rugby union team on two occas ...
(2 caps)
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Oswald Griffiths
Oswald Griffiths (12 January 1909 – December 1989) was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Cwmavon RFC, and representative level rugby league (RL) for ...
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Trevor Lloyd
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Walter Vickery (4 caps)
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Francis Picton
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People
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*Francis (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters
*Francis (surname)
Places
*Rural Mu ...
(2 caps)
References
Welsh rugby union teams
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