Cwmbran 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 it ...

team from the town of

Cwmbran Cwmbran ( ; cy, Cwmbrân , also in use as an alternative spelling in English) is a town in the county borough of Torfaen in South Wales. Lying within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, Cwmbran was designated as a New Town in 1949 to prov ...

in South

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 ...

. Cwmbran RFC presently play in the Welsh Rugby Union Division Two East League and is a

feeder club In sports, a farm team, farm system, feeder team, feeder club, or nursery club is generally a team or club whose role is to provide experience and training for young players, with an agreement that any successful players can move on to a higher ...

for the Newport Gwent Dragons. The club badge of Cwmbran RFC depicts a shield with a crow within it reflecting Cwmbran's translation as 'valley of the crow'. Several international rugby players started their rugby careers at Cwmbran RFC including Mark Brown, Ian Gough and Ryan Powell . Cwmbran RFC is established as a community team and has a mini, Junior and youth section.

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