Dunvant RFC

Dunvant Rugby Football Club are a Welsh rugby union club based in Dunvant, Swansea in South Wales. Dunvant RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union. They competed in the Welsh Championship for the first time in 2016/2017, but were relegated back to the WRU Division One West the same season.

Dunvant RFC
Full nameDunvant Rugby Football Club
Founded1887[1]
LocationDunvant, Wales
Ground(s)Broadacre
PresidentDorian Samuel
Coach(es)James Richards, Mitchell Ford, Craig Hawkins and Andrew Rees
League(s)WRU National Championship League
2015-16Champions Division 1 West
Team kit
Official website
www.dunvantrfc.co.uk

Club honours

  • [WWRU Section D] 1983/04 - Champions
  • [WWRU Section C] 1985/06 - Champions
  • [WWRU Section A] 1989/90 - Champions
  • [WRU Division Two] 1990/91 - Champions
  • [WRU Division Two] 1992/93 - Champions
  • [WRU Division Two] 1995/96 - Champions
  • [WRU Division One] 1998/99 - Champions
  • [WRU Division Two West] 2005/06 - Champions
  • [WRU Division One West] 2015/16 - Champions

Notable past players


Games played against international opposition

Year Date Opponent Result Score Tour
1993 2 October  Japan Loss 23–24 1993 Japan rugby union tour of Wales[2]
1998 4 August  Ivory Coast Win 31–22 1998 Ivory Coast rugby union tour of Wales
1999 27 January  Romania Loss 10–29 1999 Romania rugby union tour of Wales
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References

  1. Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1995-96, Mick Cleary and John Griffiths; Rothmans Headline Publishing (1995) pg.418 ISBN 0-7472-7816-4
  2. Stephen Jones, ed. (1994). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1994–95. Headline. p. 64. ISBN 0-7472-7850-4.


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