The Worthington Welsh Districts Cup (previously the Welsh Brewers Cup) was a national
rugby union
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competition in
Wales
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that ran for 36 years, sponsored most recently by
Worthington Brewery. The 1990 winner’s are missing Hartridge HSOB bear Bala in the final
Background
The Welsh Districts Cup involved an annual knock-out competition involving all rugby union clubs of the 12 districts of the
Welsh District Rugby Union (WDRU). It first took place in 1974. The finals took place at
Cardiff Arms Park
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or the
Millennium Stadium,
Cardiff
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.
The first competition was won by Girling RFC (
Cwmbran
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Lying within the historic boundaries of Monmouthshire, Cwmbran was designated as a New Town in 1949 to prov ...
), who beat Baglan RFC 16-3.
The competition initially involved 128
of the approximately 300 clubs, but in the early 1980s 80 clubs were admitted to the main
Wales Rugby Union (WRU).
Worthington Brewery began their sponsorship of the competition in 1998.
The last Welsh Districts Cup took place in the 2008/9 season, after which time the remaining Welsh Districts clubs were given full membership of the WRU.
were the winners of the 2009 final, beating
Wattstown RFC 29-18 at the Millennium Stadium.
Wattstown RFC have appeared in the most finals playing in 5 which included 4 finals in a golden period for the club of 5 years - 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, and 2009.
Previous winners
See also
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2007–08 Worthington's District Cup
*
2008–09 Worthington's District Cup
References
Rugby union competitions in Wales
Worthington's District Cup
Defunct rugby union cup competitions
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