Abertillery RFC
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| Abertillery RFC | |||
| Full name | Abertillery Rugby Football Club | ||
| Nickname(s) | Green and Whites | ||
| Location | Abertillery, Wales | ||
| Ground(s) | Abertillery Park | ||
| Coach | Neil Machin | ||
| League | WRU Division Four East | ||
| 2007-08 | 2nd[1] | ||
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Abertillery Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team. According to their web site, they were founded in 1883 though other sources state 1884[2]. Their team colours are green and white and their home ground is Abertillery Park in Abertillery. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons.[3]
Their informal nickname is the Green and Whites.
In 2002 Abertillery RFC, along with Brynmawr RFC, withdrew from the Principality Cup, after the Welsh Rugby Union made an error during the live draw for the fifth round.[4]
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[edit] Achievements
Abertillery have been Welsh Champions twice. They have provided players for Wales and the British Lions, including Haydn Morgan, Allan Lewis, Rupert Moon and the late Alun Pask. They have also had some Ospreys players, notably Shaun Connor.
[edit] Club honours
- WRU Division Five East 2006-07 - Champions
[edit] Notable former players
Allan Lewis (6 caps)[5]- Rupert Moon
- Haydn Morgan (27 caps)[6]
- Alun Pask (26 caps)[7]
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ (WRU Division Four East)WRU official site
- ^ Rothmans Rugby Yearbook 1981-82 ed. Vivian Jenkins ISBN 090757405X
- ^ BBC News (2004-07-08). Wales' regional rugby map. BBC. Retrieved on 2008-05-20.
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/low/rugby_union/celtic/2560887.stm BBC website sourced 15th October 2007
- ^ Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981 pp468, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)
- ^ Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981 pp469, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)
- ^ Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981 pp470, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)
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