Maesteg Celtic 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 its m ...

team from the town of

Maesteg Maesteg is a town and community in Bridgend County Borough, Wales. Maesteg lies at the northernmost end of the Llynfi Valley, close to the border with Neath Port Talbot. In 2011, Maesteg had a population of 20,612. The English translation of Mae ...

, South

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

. Maesteg Celtic RFC presently play in the

Welsh Rugby Union The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU; cy, Undeb Rygbi Cymru) is the Sports governing body, governing body of rugby union in the country of Wales, recognised by the sport's international governing body, World Rugby. The WRU is responsible for the running ...

Division Three South West League having gained promotion during the 2007/08 season. The club is a member of the

and is a feeder club for the

Ospreys The osprey (''Pandion haliaetus''), , also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk, is a diurnal, fish-eating bird of prey with a cosmopolitan range. It is a large raptor reaching more than in length and across the wings. It is brown o ...

. The club fields First, Second, Youth, Junior and Mini teams. In 2019, prop James Williams left the team to join BDSRU as a full time travelling reserve - what an achievement!

Club honours

WRU Division Four South West The Welsh Rugby Union Division Four South West (also called the SWALEC Division Four South West for sponsorship reasons) is a rugby union league in Wales first implemented for the 1995/96 season. Competition format and sponsorship Competition ...

2011/12 - Champions

Notable former players

Allan Bateman Allan Glen Bateman (born 6 March 1965) is a Welsh former rugby union and rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. He is a dual-code rugby international centre who represented the British and Irish Lions at rugby union, ...

* Windsor Major * Howard Nicholls * Ffion Bowen *

Harri Morgan Harri Morgan (born 16 March 2000) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for the Ospreys (rugby union), Ospreys as a scrum-half. He is a Wales under-20 international. Morgan made his debut for the Ospreys in 2018 having previously played for t ...

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References

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