Kenfig Hill 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 village of

Kenfig Hill Kenfig Hill ( cy, Mynydd Cynffig) is a village in Bridgend County Borough, South Wales. It is bordered by Pyle to the south-west, Cefn Cribwr to the north-east, North Cornelly to the south and Moel Ton-Mawr mountain to the north. The nearest tr ...

, 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 ...

. Kenfig Hill RFC presently play in the Welsh Rugby Union Division one west. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union 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 Ospreys. The club fields a First, Seconds, Youth and Junior teams. A club was first founded at Kenfig in 1897, though not taking the name Kenfig Hill RFC at the time. In 1914 the club, like many teams in the area, went into liquidation, but reformed after the First World War, playing from Croft Goch Playing Fields. Kenfig Hill RFC has seen several players progress to represent

and the British Lions, including Welsh captain, Jack Bassett.

Club honours

* 1973-74 Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy, winners.

Notable former players

* Arthur A. Bassett * Jack Bassett * Cliff Davies *

Tim Fauvel Timothy John Fauvel (born 9 June 1960) is a Welsh former rugby union international. Born in Bridgend, Fauvel was a back-row forward who played for Aberavon. Plagued at times by injury, which caused him to withdraw from Wales' 1986 Pacific tour, h ...

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Jonathan Humphreys Jonathan Matthews Humphreys (born 27 February 1969) is a former Wales international rugby union player. He is now an Assistant Coach for Wales. Rugby Union career Playing career Amateur career Humphreys played for Kenfig Hill RFC and Cardif ...

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* David Morgan Jenkins dual-code international *

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(21 caps) * Phillip John O.B.E * Alan John Phillips * Brian Radford *

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Craig Warlow Craig Warlow (born 19 March 1975) is a Welsh rugby union player. An outside half, he made 69 appearances for the Welsh regional team Newport Gwent Dragons. He previously played for Kenfig Hill RFC, Llanelli RFC, and Bridgend RFC. He is current ...

Matthew Wintle Matthew Edward Wintle (born 12 February 1972) is a Welsh former rugby union international. Wintle grew up in Kenfig Hill and attended Cynffig Comprehensive School. Moving to London to study medicine, he played his early senior rugby for London Wel ...

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References

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