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Blaenavon RFC
Blaenavon Rugby Football Club are a Wales, Welsh rugby union club based in the town of Blaenavon, South Wales. Blaenavon RFC is one of the older members of the Welsh Rugby Union founded in 1877 in the Iron and coal town of Blaenavon and is a feeder club for the Dragons (rugby union), Newport Gwent Dragons. Blaenavon RFC first game was against local rivals Abergavenny on Thursday, November 8, 1877, and ended in a draw. An infamous event in the history of Blaenavon RFC, was during the final of the Godfrey Jones Cup in April 1926. The competition had been devised 'to improve Welsh rugby via the running game'. In December 1947 a combined Pontypool RFC, Pontypool, Talywain RFC, Talywain and Blaenavon side played against the Australian national rugby union team, Australian national team at Pontypool Park as part of a post-war rebuilding tour. The game ended with Australia winning 9–7. A photo and a programme are displayed in Blaenavon R.F.C. club house Blaenavon Rugby Football Club w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaenavon
Blaenavon () is a town and community (Wales), community in Torfaen county borough, Wales, high on a hillside on the source of the Afon Lwyd. It is within the boundaries of the historic county of Monmouthshire (historic), Monmouthshire and the Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county of Gwent (county), Gwent. The population is 6,055. Parts of the town and surrounding country form the Blaenavon Industrial Landscape, selected as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2000. History ''Blaenavon'' literally means "head of the river" or loosely "river's source" in the Welsh language. Blaenavon grew around an ironworks opened in 1788 by the West Midlands (region), West Midlands industrialist Thomas Hill of Dennis, Thomas Hill and his partners, Thomas Hopkins and Benjamin Pratt. The businessmen invested £40,000 into the ironworks project and erected three blast furnaces. Hopkins, as a result of operating the Cannock Wood Forge, Staffordshire, was in contact with skilled and ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Day
Hubert Charles Day (8 May 1908 – 27 June 1977) was a rugby football, rugby hooker who played rugby union for Newport RFC, Newport and rugby league for Salford Red Devils, Salford. He was awarded five caps for Wales national rugby union team, Wales under union rules and was part of the Welsh side that won the 1931 Five Nations Championship. At Salford Day forged a reputation as the greatest hooker to play for the club, his record 488 appearances for the club went unbroken for over 35 years. Background Bert Day was born in Griffithstown, Monmouthshire, and he died aged 69 in City of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester, England. Rugby career Day was first selected for Wales in the 1930 Five Nations Championship in a match against Scotland at Murrayfield Stadium, Murrayfield. Day was one of two new caps in the Welsh squad alongside Swansea RFC, Swansea's Dai Thomas (rugby union), Dai Thomas. Wales lost the match 9-12, but Day was reselected for the next game of the tournament i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Union Teams In Wales
Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby union: 15 players per side *** American flag rugby *** Beach rugby *** Mini rugby *** Rugby sevens Rugby sevens (commonly known simply as sevens, and originally seven-a-side rugby) is a variant of rugby union in which teams are made up of seven players playing seven-minute halves, instead of the usual 15 players playing 40-minute halves. R ..., 7 players per side *** Rugby tens, 10 players per side *** Snow rugby *** Touch rugby *** Tambo rugby ** Rugby league: 13 players per side *** Masters Rugby League *** Mod league *** Rugby league nines *** Rugby league sevens *** Touch (sport) *** Wheelchair rugby league ** Both codes *** Tag rugby *Rugby fives, a handball game, similar to squash, played in an enclosed court *Underwater rugby, an underwater sport played in a swimming pool and named after rugby football *Rugby ball, a ball for use in rugby football Arts and entertainment * Rugby (video game), '' Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rugby Clubs Established In 1877
Rugby may refer to: Sport * Rugby football in many forms: ** Rugby union: 15 players per side *** American flag rugby *** Beach rugby *** Mini rugby *** Rugby sevens, 7 players per side *** Rugby tens, 10 players per side *** Snow rugby *** Touch rugby *** Tambo rugby ** Rugby league: 13 players per side *** Masters Rugby League *** Mod league *** Rugby league nines *** Rugby league sevens *** Touch (sport) *** Wheelchair rugby league ** Both codes *** Tag rugby * Rugby fives, a handball game, similar to squash, played in an enclosed court *Underwater rugby, an underwater sport played in a swimming pool and named after rugby football *Rugby ball, a ball for use in rugby football Arts and entertainment * '' Rugby'' (video game), the 2000 installment of Electronic Arts' Rugby video game series * ''Rugby'', second movement of ''Mouvements symphoniques'' by Arthur Honegger Brands and enterprises * Rugby (automobile), made by Durant Motors * Rugby Cement, a former UK PLC, now a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Taylor (rugby Union, Born 1973)
Mark Taylor (born 27 February 1973) is a former Wales national rugby union team player who played at centre. He is a former captain of Wales and was the first person to score a try at the newly built Millennium Stadium against South Africa in 1999. He signed for Sale Sharks from Llanelli Scarlets in April 2005 and in 2007 he returned to Wales to play rugby for the Ospreys. In the 2005–2006 season, Taylor started the final as Sale Sharks Sale Sharks are a professional rugby union club from Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom. Its team play in Premiership Rugby, and have been in England's top division of rugby union continuously since 1995. Originally founded in 1861 as ... won their first Premiership title. He retired at the end of the 2007–2008 season. He works part-time as a Chartered Account for H J Phillips (Peugeot), Llanelli and has done so since 1998. He is married to Nicola, Director of H J Phillips. Mark was previously the Team Manager for the Wales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laurie Daniel
Laurance Thomas David Daniel (5 March 1942 – 14 March 2023) was a international rugby union player. Daniel was born on 5 March 1942. He made his debut for Wales on 7 February 1970 versus Scotland, scoring a try in an 18 points to 9 win for Wales. He played club rugby for Newport RFC Newport Rugby Football Club () is a Welsh rugby union club based in the city of Newport, Wales. They presently play in the Super Rygbi Cymru. Until 2021 Newport RFC were based at Rodney Parade situated on the east bank of the River Usk. Ever ... and Pontypool RFC. Following his playing career, he was a PE teacher at West Monmouth School in Pontypool. Daniel died on 14 March 2023, at the age of 81. References 1942 births 2023 deaths Blaenavon RFC players Ebbw Vale RFC players Newport RFC players Pontypool RFC players Wales international rugby union players Welsh rugby union players {{Wales-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Perkins (rugby Union)
John Perkins (born ) is a former international rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ... player. Perkins made his debut for Wales on 19 February 1983 versus Scotland. He played club rugby for Pontypool RFC. References 1954 births Living people 20th-century Welsh sportsmen Blaenavon RFC players Rugby union players from Blaenavon Pontypool RFC players Wales international rugby union players Welsh rugby union players {{Wales-rugbyunion-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Cobner
Terence John Cobner (born 10 January 1946) Scrum.com is a former Welsh international player and British Lion. After his rugby playing career, Cobner became director of rugby for Wales' WRU in 1996, and President of the WRU as of 2023. He was born in |
Colin Evans (rugby)
Colin Evans (20 November 1936 – 23 November 1992) was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Blaenavon RFC, Tredegar RFC, Newport RFC and Pontypool RFC, as a scrum-half, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales and Rest of the World, and at club level for Leeds, York and Keighley (captain), as a . and at club level was assistant coach at Keighley. Background Colin Evans was born in Blaenavon, Wales, he was married to Jean, he worked at Kirstall Forge, Leeds, and he died aged 56 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Playing career International honours Colin Evans won a cap for Wales (RU) while at Pontypool in 1960 in the 6–14 defeat by England at Twickenham Stadium on Saturday 16 January 1960, won 2 caps for Wales (RL) in 1963–1969 while at Leeds, and Keighley, and played for Rest of the Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fenton Coles
Fenton George Coles (born 14 September 1937) was a Welsh rugby union player. A wing, Coles played club rugby initially for his home town club of Blaenavon before switching to Pontypool RFC. In 1960 he was part of a joint Cross Keys/Pontypool team to face a touring South Africa team and that year saw Coles selected for Wales playing three games in the 1960 Five Nations Championship The 1960 Five Nations Championship was the thirty-first series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Home Nations and Five Nations, this was the sixty-sixth series of the northern hemisphere rug .... During the 1964–65 season he was made captain of the Pontypool first team. Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Coles, Fenton 1937 births Living people Blaenavon RFC players Monmouthshire County RFC players Pontypridd RFC players Rugby union players from Blaenavon Rugby union wings Wales international rugby union players Welsh rugby union players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Forward
Allen Forward (4 June 1921 – 1 January 1994) was a Welsh rugby union forward who favoured the position of flanker. Forward played club rugby for Pontypool and various Police teams. He played in six internationals for Wales and was part of the 1952 Grand Slam winning side. Forward also played for an invitational touring team, the Barbarians, and twice met international opposition for Pontypool: South Africa in 1951 and New Zealand in 1954. Personal history Forward was born in the village of Cwmavon near Pontypool in 1921 to Edwin and Sarah (née Allen). He was the second eldest of nine children and was educated at nearby Varteg School, before attending Abersychan Grammar Technical School. He entered the police force, and retired a police sergeant. Rugby career Forward came to note as a rugby player as a team member of Pontypool. His favoured position was as a flanker, which is in the forward section. His unusual surname was noted by South African journalist R.K. Stent, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allan Lewis (rugby Union)
Robert Allan Lewis (born 7 October 1942) is a former international rugby union player. He was capped six times by Wales as a scrum-half between 1966 and 1967.Griffiths, page 4:36-4:37 He was selected for the 1966 British Lions tour to Australia and New Zealand, and played in the last three internationals against the All Blacks. He also toured South Africa with Wales in 1964. He played club rugby for Abertillery Abertillery (; ) is a town and community (Wales), community in Blaenau Gwent County Borough, Wales. It is located in the Ebbw Fach Valley, Ebbw Fach valley, and the Monmouthshire (historic), historic county of Monmouthshire. The surrounding lan ... and Newport. References 1942 births Living people Abertillery RFC players Blaenavon RFC players British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Wales Newport RFC players Rugby union players from Blaenavon Rugby union scrum-halves Wales international rugby union players Welsh rugby union players {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
