Tredegar Ironsides RFC

Tredegar Ironsides Rugby Football Club is a rugby union, from Tredegar in South Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons.[2]

Tredegar Ironsides RFC
Full nameTredegar Ironsides Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s)Irons
Founded1946
LocationTredegar, Wales
Ground(s)The Rec
ChairmanDerek Burke
PresidentA.J. Reeves
Coach(es)Steve Evans,Craig Monaghan,Mark Williams
League(s)WRU Division Three East
2011-201212th[1]
Team kit
Official website
www.tredegar-ironsides.ik.com

The Ironsides were formed in 1946 from returning World War II servicemen, after meeting in a local public house, the Talbot Hotel. Their first game was against a club from Rhymney, which Tredegar won.

Notable former players

  • Mark Jones

References

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


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