Cardigan RFC

Cardigan Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the town of Cardigan, West Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Llanelli Scarlets.[3]

Cardigan RFC
Full nameCardigan Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s)Cardis
Founded1876[1]
LocationCardigan, Wales
PresidentIan Gollop
League(s)WRU Division Three West
2015-163rd[2]
Team kit
Official website
cardiganrugbyclub.co.uk

History

Rugby came to Cardigan through the local Free Grammar School in the 1860s when games were arranged against fellow Welsh colleges Lampeter and Llandovery. The rugby club itself was founded in 1876 making the team one of the oldest in Wales, and initially they played in an Oxford Blue strip.

As with all Welsh rugby club teams, Cardigan RFC disbanded during the First World War, but the club reformed in the 1920-21 through ex-servicemen. The club disbanded again during the Second World War, but after reforming for a second time they gained membership of the Welsh Rugby Union in 1956. In 1967 a new clubhouse was built but this burned down in 1969, though rebuilt later that year. In 1992 floodlights and a 350 all-weather stand were introduced to the pitch.

gollark: I got a box of 100 perfectly good pens last year.
gollark: Who would *buy* them?
gollark: How did you get away with selling pens for *that* much?
gollark: These are distinguishable, right?
gollark: I've switched it over to use pleasant orange colors.

References
  1. Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980) pg 11 ISBN 0-7083-0766-3
  2. "WRU official site". Archived from the original on 2014-08-08. Retrieved 2012-05-27.
  3. BBC News (2004-07-08). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC. Retrieved 2008-06-04.
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