Bedwas RFC

Bedwas RFC (Welsh: Clwb Rygbi Bedwas) is a rugby union club located in the Welsh village of Bedwas. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for Dragons regional team.[2]

Bedwas RFC
Full nameBedwas Rugby Football Club
Founded1889 (1889)
LocationBedwas, Wales
Ground(s)The Bridge Field (Capacity: 2,000[1])
ChairmanMark Lewis
Coach(es)Steve Law
League(s)Welsh Championship
2018-1913th Welsh Premier Division
Team kit
Official website
www.bedwasrfc.co.uk

Club history

Like many Welsh rugby teams the origin of the club is difficult to piece together having been formed by local workers rather than by a college or university. There is some evidence that a team played in Bedwas as early as 1885, though official recognition of Bedwas RFC is placed at 1889.

Bedwas RFC was a founding member of both the Junior Monmouthshire League (1903) and the Rhymney Valley League (1906), and in 1910 applied for and succeeded in joining the Welsh Rugby Union. At the outbreak of World War I (1914) rugby ceased in most of South Wales and this was true of Bedwas. After the war a period of rebuilding occurred with the club based initially at the Church Inn before moving to Bridge End Inn during the 1920–21 season. During this period Bedwas RFC enjoyed connections with local colliery owner and airline magnate Sir Samuel Instone.[3]

1926 saw a great economic depression in South Wales and as local young men left to find work in more prosperous areas, rugby in Bedwas waned.

Post World War II saw a rebuilding of rugby in Bedwas and in 1947 the club acquired Bridge field and an ex-Ministry of Works long hut which became the club house. In 1960 the club formed a youth team. Bedwas also have a very successful seconds side which remains undefeated in the 2007–08 season.

In 2007, Bedwas were the only club in the Welsh Premier League to be threatened with relegation due to them initially failing a facilities review conducted by the WRU.[4]

Current squad

Note: Flags indicate national union as has been defined under WR eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-WR nationality.

Player Position Union
Kieran Crawford Hooker Wales
Elliot Dee Hooker Wales
Alan Fowler Hooker Wales
Matthew Pettit Prop Wales
Phil Price Prop Wales
Scott Roberts Prop Wales
Royce Cadman Lock England
Gareth Knight Lock Wales
Phillip Williams Lock Wales
James Murphy Lock Wales
Rob Carter Flanker Wales
Sam Feehan Flanker Wales
Richard Jenkins Flanker Wales
Brendon Lampitt Flanker Wales
Phil Sargent Flanker Wales
Rhys Watkins Flanker Wales
James Benjamin Number 8 Wales
Deri Mattravers Number 8 Wales
Andrew Tibbatts Number 8 Wales
Player Position Union
Joshua Davies Scrum-half Wales
Luc Jones Scrum-half Wales
James Pizey Scrum-half Wales
David Walsh Scrum-half Wales
Ethan Davies Fly-half Wales
Adam Greendale Fly-half England
Chris Wannell Fly-half Wales
Ross Wardle Fly-half Wales
Tom Cooper Centre England
Jack Dixon Centre Wales
George Gasson Centre Wales
Charlie Johnson Centre Wales
Kristian Owen Centre Wales
Dan Dearden Wing Wales
Elliot Foils Wing Wales
Nathan Hill Wing Wales
Dan Hitchings Wing Wales
Jamie Jones Wing Wales
Ryan Owen Wing Wales
Matthew Pizey Wing Wales
Hallam Amos Fullback Wales
Stuart Thomas Fullback Wales
Gethin Worgan Fullback Wales

Notable former players

The following players have represented Bedwas and have been capped at international level.

See also Category:Bedwas RFC players
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References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-27. Retrieved 2010-01-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. BBC News (2004-07-08). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
  3. Rugby in Wales
  4. "Bedwas RFC face relegation threat". 2007-03-13. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
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