Ammanford RFC
{{Short description|Rugby team in Carmarthenshire, Wales}}
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| countryflag = Wales
| founded = 1887
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| president = Huw Jones
| coach = Gareth Potter
| league = WRU Division One West
| season = 2013-14
| url = ammanfordrfc.mywru.co.uk
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Ammanford Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the town of Ammanford, West Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Llanelli Scarlets.{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/3877085.stm |title=Wales' regional rugby map |author=BBC News |publisher=BBC |date=2004-07-08 |accessdate=2008-05-28}}
History
Ammanford RFC's first officially recorded rugby match came in 1887 against a team from Mynyddbach, Swansea. The game was played at Ynys field opposite the River Amman and their initial clubhouse was the Cross Inn Hotel at Ammanford Square. Ammanford's first official strip colours were amber and black, then switching colours twice before the club settled on black and blue in 1912.
In 1889, Ammanford RFC produced their first international player in Percy Lloyd. Lloyd played four international matches between 1889 and 1890 for Wales, against Scotland, Ireland and England twice. During the 1895-96 season Ammanford RFC successfully gained membership to the Welsh Rugby Union.
Club honours
- 2007-08 WRU Division Three West - Champions
- 2007-08 WRU West Wales Bowl Winners
- 2008-09 SWALEC Plate - Winners[http://www.wru.co.uk/20646.php Ammanford seize SWALEC Plate in style] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110526063437/http://www.wru.co.uk/20646.php |date=May 26, 2011 }} WRU website
- 2010-11 SWALEC Plate - Winners{{cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/welsh/13260538.stm | title=Aberavon 24-35 Pontypridd | work=BBC Sport | author= | date=2 May 2011 | accessdate=2 May 2011}}
Notable former players
See also :Category:Ammanford RFC players
The following list contains players who have represented Ammanford RFC and have also been capped at an international level in rugby.
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Cyril H. Davies (7 caps, 1957–61)Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981 p464, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Daniel Evans (2 caps, 2009)
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Jack Evans (3 caps, 1896–97)
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Tom Evans (18 caps, 1906–11)
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Ike Fowler (1 cap, 1919)
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Thomas Hollingdale (6 caps, 1927–30)
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Samson Lee (3 caps, 2013-)
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Percy Lloyd (4 caps, 1890–91)
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Hugh Lloyd-Davies
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Joe Rees (12 caps, 1920–24)
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Donald Tarr (1 cap, 1935)
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Ted Ward (13 RL caps, 1946–51)
References
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External links
- [http://www.ammanfordrfc.mywru.co.uk/ Ammanford RFC]
{{Rugby Wales links}}
Category:Rugby clubs established in 1887
Category:Rugby union teams in Wales