Gilfach Goch Rugby Football Club is a

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team from the village of

Gilfach Goch Gilfach Goch is a community, electoral ward and small former coal mining village mostly in the Borough of Rhondda Cynon Taf, south Wales, near the larger community of Tonyrefail. Some areas in the North Western part of the village lie within Br ...

, South

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. Gilfach Goch RFC was established in 1889, has been a member of the

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since 1956 and is a

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for the

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. The clubhouse, in High Street

, has been the club's base for the past 40 years. Gilfach Goch RFC is a community club, and has over 170 players currently involved in teams run by the club. These roots are continually developing, especially with the development of the Junior section of the club. The club currently runs the following teams :- 1st XV, 2nd XV, Youth XV and many mini rugby teams from Under 8's up to Youth age.

Club honours

* 1996/97 WRU Division Six Central - Champions * 1996/97

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- Winners * 1997/98

- Winners * 2003/04 WRU Division Three South East - Champions * 2007/08 WRU Division Three South East - Play Off Winners * 2009/10 WRU Division Two East - Champions

Notable former players

The following players have represented Gilfach Goch and been capped at international level. *

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* Mathew Back * Jason Lewis * Andrew Williams (Rugby League Cap)

References

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