Abercarn RFC
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| Abercarn RFC | |||
| Full name | Abercarn Rugby Football Club | ||
| Location | Abercarn, Wales | ||
| Ground(s) | Welfare Ground | ||
| Coach | Roger Smith | ||
| League | WRU Division Four East | ||
| 2007-08 | 11th[1] | ||
| Official website | |||
| www.abercarnrfc.co.uk | |||
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Abercarn Rugby Football Club are a Welsh rugby union club based in Abercarn near the city of Newport. They currently play in the Welsh Rugby Union Division 4 East having been relegated from Division 3 East in 2007. Abercarn RFC is a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons.[2]
Abercarn is a club with a long history having been founded over 100 years ago. In 1952 Abercarn RFC lost three members of their club including their club captain, Don Rowlands and coach, Ray Box in the Llandow air disaster. [3] The event is remembered by the club in their team badge, with a plane propeller sitting in its centre.
Abercarn RFC have produced some famous players including Paul Turner (Newport RFC, Pontypool RFC, Newport Gwent Dragons Coach) and Nathan Budgett (Wales & Bristol RFC).
Abercarn currently plays at the Walfare Ground, at the rear of Cwmcarn High School.
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[edit] Footnotes
- ^ WRU official site
- ^ BBC News (2004-07-08). Wales' regional rugby map. BBC. Retrieved on 2008-05-19.
- ^ Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980) pp327 ISBN 0 7803 0766 3
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