Taffs Well RFC

Taffs Well Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club based in Taff's Well in south Wales. Taffs Well RFC were founded in 1887 and applied for and were successful in gaining membership to the Welsh Rugby Union in 1900. The club is a feeder club for the Cardiff Blues.[2]

Taffs Well RFC
Full nameTaffs Well Rugby Football Club
Founded1887
LocationTaff's Well, Wales
Ground(s)Maes Gwyn
PresidentJack Edwards
Coach(es)Rhys Watkins
League(s)WRU Div 2 East Central
2015/16 Div 3B Champions/WRU Bowl Finalists/Silver Ball S/Finalists/2016/17 Blues Youth division F Champions/2017/18 Div 3A R/U/Women's SWALEC Bowl Finalists Div. 3 East Central R/U 2016/17 Women's Bowl Finalists 2016/17[1]
Team kit
Official website
www.taffswellrfc.co.uk

The first recorded game took place at Pentyrch RFC, which Taffs Well RFC duly won by two goals, four tries and seven minors to nil.

The club has produced three Welsh captains, six Welsh internationals and three British and Irish Lions.

British and Irish Lions Welsh Captains Welsh Internationals
Bleddyn Williams Bleddyn Williams Bleddyn Williams
Steve Fenwick Steve Fenwick Steve Fenwick
- Lloyd Williams Lloyd Williams
Ian Stephens - Ian Stephens
- - Harry Reese
- Geraint Dawe Tom Lewis

Club honours

Notable former players

References

  1. WRU Official Site
  2. BBC News (2004-07-08). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC. Retrieved 2008-06-01.


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