Pyle Rugby Football Club is a Welsh

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team based in

Pyle Pyle ( cy, Y Pîl) is a village and community (and electoral ward) in Bridgend county borough, Wales. This large village is served by the A48 road, and lies less than one mile from Junction 37 of the M4 motorway, and is therefore only a half- ...

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, UK. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a

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for the Ospreys. In the 1920s, Jack Bassett, later the

captain, would play for the club before moving to Penarth. In the 1970s Pyle won the Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy on two occasions.

Club honours

* 1975-76

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- Winners * 1977-78 Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy - Winners * 2008-09 Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy - Semi-finalists * 2008-09 WRU Division Five South Central - Champions *2018-19 WRU Division 3 West Central A - Promoted

Notable former players

* Jack Bassett 15 caps * Howell Davies 4 caps * John Richardson 2 caps, coached Pyle

References

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