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 Five West (also called the SWALEC Division Five West for sponsorship reasons) is a
rugby union league in
Wales first implemented for the 1995/96 season.
Competition format and sponsorship
Competition
There are 11 clubs in the WRU Division Five West. During the course of a season (which lasts from September to May) each club plays the others twice, once at their home ground and once at that of their opponents for a total of 20 games for each club, with a total of 110 games in each season. Teams receive four points for a win and two point for a draw, an additional bonus point is awarded to either team if they score four tries or more in a single match. No points are awarded for a loss though the losing team can gain a bonus point for finishing the match within seven points of the winning team. Teams are ranked by total points, then the number of tries scored and then points difference. At the end of each season, the club with the most points is crowned as champion. If points are equal the tries scored then points difference determines the winner. The team who is declared champion at the end of the season is eligible for promotion to the WRU Division Four South West.
Sponsorship
In 2008 the Welsh Rugby Union announced a new sponsorship deal for the club rugby leagues with
SWALEC valued at £1 million (GBP). The initial three year sponsorship was extended at the end of the 2010/11 season, making SWALEC the league sponsors until 2015. The leagues sponsored are the WRU Divisions one through to seven.
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Lloyds TSB
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Asda
* (2008-2015)
SWALEC
2010/2011 season
League teams
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Burry Port RFC
Burry Port Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Burry Port in West Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Llanelli Scarlets.
Club honours
* WRU Division Five West 2007/08 - Ch ...
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Bynea RFC
Bynea ( )G.M. Miller, ''BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names'' (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 23. ( cy, Bynie) is a village close to the River Loughor (Welsh-Afon Llwchwr) in Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin), Wales (Cymru). It also forms an ele ...
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Fishguard and Goodwick RFC
Fishguard and Goodwick Rugby Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Abergwaun ac Wdig) is a Welsh rugby union team from Fishguard which also represents the town of Goodwick in South-west Wales. Fishguard and Goodwick RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Unio ...
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Furance United RFC
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Llandybie RFC
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Llangwm RFC Llangwm may refer to one of several places in Wales:
* Llangwm, Conwy
*Llangwm, Monmouthshire
*Llangwm, Pembrokeshire
Llangwm (; ) is a small village, parish and community of around 450 properties situated on the Llangwm Pill off the River Cledda ...
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Pembroke RFC
Pembroke Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team based in Pembroke. They currently play in the Welsh National League Division Five West and are a feeder club for the Llanelli Scarlets. They are known locally as the Scarlets relating to ...
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Penygroes RFC Penygroes or Pen-y-groes may refer to any of several places in Wales:
* Penygroes, Gwynedd
**Penygroes railway station, a former station in the town
*Penygroes, Pembrokeshire
*Pen-y-groes, Carmarthenshire
Pen-y-groes is a village in Carmarthen ...
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Pontyates RFC
Pontyates ( cy, Pont-iets) is a village straddling two communities situated in the Gwendraeth Valley halfway between Carmarthen and Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, West Wales. the population in 2011 was 1,449.
General information
The village of ...
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St. Clears RFC
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St. Davids RFC
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Swansea Uplands RFC
Swansea Uplands RFC is a rugby union club based in Upper Killay, Swansea, Wales, who play in the WRU Swalec Leagues. They are currently in Division 3 West A.
Swansea Uplands RFC was founded at the Uplands Hotel, Swansea in 1919 by players of th ...
2009/2010 season
League teams
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Aberaeron RFC
Aberaeron, previously anglicised as Aberayron, is a town, community, and electoral ward between Aberystwyth and Cardigan, in Ceredigion, Wales. Ceredigion County Council offices are in Aberaeron. The name of the town is Welsh for ''mouth of the ...
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Bynea RFC
Bynea ( )G.M. Miller, ''BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names'' (Oxford UP, 1971), p. 23. ( cy, Bynie) is a village close to the River Loughor (Welsh-Afon Llwchwr) in Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin), Wales (Cymru). It also forms an ele ...
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Fishguard and Goodwick RFC
Fishguard and Goodwick Rugby Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Abergwaun ac Wdig) is a Welsh rugby union team from Fishguard which also represents the town of Goodwick in South-west Wales. Fishguard and Goodwick RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Unio ...
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Furance United RFC
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Llangwm RFC Llangwm may refer to one of several places in Wales:
* Llangwm, Conwy
*Llangwm, Monmouthshire
*Llangwm, Pembrokeshire
Llangwm (; ) is a small village, parish and community of around 450 properties situated on the Llangwm Pill off the River Cledda ...
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New Dock Stars RFC
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Neyland RFC
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Penygroes RFC Penygroes or Pen-y-groes may refer to any of several places in Wales:
* Penygroes, Gwynedd
**Penygroes railway station, a former station in the town
*Penygroes, Pembrokeshire
*Pen-y-groes, Carmarthenshire
Pen-y-groes is a village in Carmarthen ...
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Pontyates RFC
Pontyates ( cy, Pont-iets) is a village straddling two communities situated in the Gwendraeth Valley halfway between Carmarthen and Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, West Wales. the population in 2011 was 1,449.
General information
The village of ...
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St. Clears RFC
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St. Davids RFC
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Swansea Uplands RFC
Swansea Uplands RFC is a rugby union club based in Upper Killay, Swansea, Wales, who play in the WRU Swalec Leagues. They are currently in Division 3 West A.
Swansea Uplands RFC was founded at the Uplands Hotel, Swansea in 1919 by players of th ...
League table
2008/2009 season
League teams
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Aberaeron RFC
Aberaeron, previously anglicised as Aberayron, is a town, community, and electoral ward between Aberystwyth and Cardigan, in Ceredigion, Wales. Ceredigion County Council offices are in Aberaeron. The name of the town is Welsh for ''mouth of the ...
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Swansea Uplands RFC
Swansea Uplands RFC is a rugby union club based in Upper Killay, Swansea, Wales, who play in the WRU Swalec Leagues. They are currently in Division 3 West A.
Swansea Uplands RFC was founded at the Uplands Hotel, Swansea in 1919 by players of th ...
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Cefneithin RFC
Cefnethin Rugby Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Rygbi Cefneithin) is a Welsh rugby union team from Cefneithin, Ammanford, officially founded in 1929. Cefnethin RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Llanelli Scarlets ...
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Fishguard and Goodwick RFC
Fishguard and Goodwick Rugby Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Abergwaun ac Wdig) is a Welsh rugby union team from Fishguard which also represents the town of Goodwick in South-west Wales. Fishguard and Goodwick RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Unio ...
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Furnace United RFC
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Llangwm RFC Llangwm may refer to one of several places in Wales:
* Llangwm, Conwy
*Llangwm, Monmouthshire
*Llangwm, Pembrokeshire
Llangwm (; ) is a small village, parish and community of around 450 properties situated on the Llangwm Pill off the River Cledda ...
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Milford RFC Milford may refer to:
Place names Canada
* Milford (Annapolis), Nova Scotia
* Milford (Halifax), Nova Scotia
* Milford, Ontario
England
* Milford, Derbyshire
* Milford, Devon, a place in Devon
* Milford on Sea, Hampshire
* Milford, Sh ...
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Neyland RFC
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Pontyates RFC
Pontyates ( cy, Pont-iets) is a village straddling two communities situated in the Gwendraeth Valley halfway between Carmarthen and Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, West Wales. the population in 2011 was 1,449.
General information
The village of ...
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St. Clears RFC
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St. Davids RFC
League table
2007/2008 season
League teams
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Aberaeron RFC
Aberaeron, previously anglicised as Aberayron, is a town, community, and electoral ward between Aberystwyth and Cardigan, in Ceredigion, Wales. Ceredigion County Council offices are in Aberaeron. The name of the town is Welsh for ''mouth of the ...
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Burry Port RFC
Burry Port Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Burry Port in West Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Llanelli Scarlets.
Club honours
* WRU Division Five West 2007/08 - Ch ...
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Cefneithin RFC
Cefnethin Rugby Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Rygbi Cefneithin) is a Welsh rugby union team from Cefneithin, Ammanford, officially founded in 1929. Cefnethin RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Llanelli Scarlets ...
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Fishguard and Goodwick RFC
Fishguard and Goodwick Rugby Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Abergwaun ac Wdig) is a Welsh rugby union team from Fishguard which also represents the town of Goodwick in South-west Wales. Fishguard and Goodwick RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Unio ...
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Furnace United RFC
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Llandybie RFC
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Llangwm RFC Llangwm may refer to one of several places in Wales:
* Llangwm, Conwy
*Llangwm, Monmouthshire
*Llangwm, Pembrokeshire
Llangwm (; ) is a small village, parish and community of around 450 properties situated on the Llangwm Pill off the River Cledda ...
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Penygroes RFC Penygroes or Pen-y-groes may refer to any of several places in Wales:
* Penygroes, Gwynedd
**Penygroes railway station, a former station in the town
*Penygroes, Pembrokeshire
*Pen-y-groes, Carmarthenshire
Pen-y-groes is a village in Carmarthen ...
*
Pontyates RFC
Pontyates ( cy, Pont-iets) is a village straddling two communities situated in the Gwendraeth Valley halfway between Carmarthen and Llanelli in Carmarthenshire, West Wales. the population in 2011 was 1,449.
General information
The village of ...
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St. Clears RFC
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St. Davids RFC
League table
References
{{Rugby union club leagues in Wales
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