Pontypool United Rugby Football Club are a

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club based in Pontypool South Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the

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regional team, currently playing in the Welsh Rugby Union Division 1 East and Challenge Cup. Pontypool United are a separate team from

Pontypool RFC Pontypool Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team based in the town of Pontypool, which plays in the WRU Championship (known as the SWALEC Championship for sponsorship purposes). Due to the regionalisation of Welsh rugby in 2003, Pontyp ...

who play in the Indigo Premiership , but the two clubs are classed as neighboring clubs within Pontypool town. Pontypool United have been known to develop future Pontypool RFC players through the clubs Colts, Youth and Senior squads.

Notable past players

:''See also :Pontypool United RFC players'' *

Graham Price Graham Price MBE (born 24 November 1951 in Moascar, Egypt) is a former Welsh rugby union player, who was a member of the famous Pontypool RFC front row known as the "Viet Gwent". He won 41 caps for , and a record 12 for the British and Irish L ...

Lloyd Burns Lloyd Burns (born 9 December 1984, Panteg) is a former Wales international rugby union player. Burns played in the hooker position and played his club rugby for Newport Gwent Dragons having made his debut in the 2008–09 season. He previously ...

* Ashley Sweet

References

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