Pencoed Rugby Football Club is a

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team based in Pencoed. Today, Pencoed RFC plays in the Welsh Rugby Union, Division Two West League and is a

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for the Ospreys. The team badge consists of a shield containing the lamb of god carrying a St George's standard. The shield is topped by the Prince of Wales three feathers. Pencoed RFC was established in 1888 with the clubhouse situated on the eastern edge of Felindre Rd. In 1980 the Mini & Junior section was formed. Pencoed RFC takes pride in being the home club of Welsh internationals Gareth Thomas, Gareth Cooper, and Gavin Henson plus recently retired three times British Lion Scott Gibbs, all of whom progressed through the junior and youth teams to perform with distinction on the world stage.

International honours

* Gareth Thomas *

Gareth Cooper Gareth Cooper (born 7 May 1979 in Bridgend) is a former Wales international rugby union player who played in the scrum-half position. Career Cooper started playing rugby with Pencoed before moving to Bath in the West Country. Cooper made his i ...

Gavin Henson Gavin Lloyd Henson (born 1 February 1982) is a Welsh former professional rugby union player, who played as a fly-half, fullback and inside centre. Between 2000 and 2019 he played for Llanelli, Swansea RFC, the Ospreys, Saracens, Toulon, Ca ...

Scott Gibbs Ian Scott Gibbs (born 23 January 1971), also known by the nickname of "Car Crash", is a Welsh former rugby footballer who has represented Wales and the Lions in rugby union and Wales and Great Britain in rugby league. Noted feats included his pe ...

*Wayne Hall *Gareth Jones * Nathan Thomas *Gareth Williams * Adrian Davies *

James Bater James Bater (born 7 January 1980) is a Welsh former rugby union footballer who played as a flanker at club level for Swansea RFC, and in the Celtic League for the Ospreys and the Scarlets. Born in Bridgend, Bater began his professional rugby c ...

*Hugh Williams-Jones *

Tommy Reffell Tomas John Reffell (born 27 April 1999) is a Welsh professional rugby union player for Leicester Tigers in Premiership Rugby. His usual position is flanker. He was a Premiership Rugby champion in 2022. He made his international debut for a ...

British and Irish Lions

* Gareth Thomas *

Current squad

* Kieron Moore * Jack Jones (C) * Christian Powell * Nicky Hawkins * Andrew Shillam * James Murphy * Chris Howells * Paul McFarlane * Justin Russell * Aaron Halse * Thomas Burke * Gareth Prentice * David Pearson * Liam Evans * Tom Davies * Ben Read * Marc Davies * Geoff Hobbs * Stein Jones * Glenn Hiscocks * Aaron Songhurst * Liam Evans * Ken Morris (Capt.) * Tom Cross * Paul Richards * Tom Drew * Robert Spear * Jamie Williams * Ywain Shakespeare * Liam Halse * Anthony Morris * Mike Rowe * Rhys Davey * Gary Money * Ashley Halse

Club honours

WRU Division Three South East The Welsh Rugby Union Division Three East (also called the SWALEC Division Three South East for sponsorship reasons) is a rugby union league in Wales. Competition format and sponsorship Competition There are 12 clubs in the WRU Division Three S ...

Champions 2006–07

References

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