Kenfig Hill RFC
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{{Infobox rugby team
| teamname = Kenfig Hill RFC
| fullname = Kenfig Hill Rugby Football Club
| nickname = The Mules
| location = Kenfig Hill, Bridgend
| countryflag = Wales
| founded = 1897
| ground = Croft Goch Playing Fields
| captain = Tom Briggs
| chairman = Howard Phillips
| coach = Steffan Jones and Rhys Jones
| league = WRU National Championship West
| season = 2023–2024
| position = WRU Division One West Central, 3rd (promoted){{Cite web|url=https://community.wru.wales/club/national-leagues/national-leagues-fixtures-and-results/league-1-west-central/|title = League 1 West Central}}
| url = http://kenfighill.rfc.wales
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Kenfig Hill Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Kenfig Hill, South Wales. Kenfig Hill RFC presently play in the Welsh Rugby Union Division one west. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Ospreys.{{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=2008-10-06}} The club fields a First, Seconds, Youth and Junior teams.
A club was first founded at Kenfig in 1897, though not taking the name Kenfig Hill RFC at the time. In 1914 the club, like many teams in the area, went into liquidation, but reformed after the First World War, playing from Croft Goch Playing Fields.
Kenfig Hill RFC has seen several players progress to represent Wales and the British Lions, including Welsh captain, Jack Bassett.
Club honours
- 1973-74 Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy, winners.
Notable former players
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Arthur A. Bassett
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Jack Bassett
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Cliff Davies
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Tim Fauvel [http://www.espn.co.uk/wales/rugby/player/10381.html]
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Eiryn Gwyn Davies
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Raymond Giles [http://www.espn.co.uk/wales/rugby/player/9685.html]
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Jonathan Humphreys
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Dafydd James
- {{flagicon|WAL}} David Morgan Jenkins dual-code international
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Ned Jenkins (21 caps)
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Phillip John O.B.E
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Alan John Phillips
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Brian Radford
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Aaron Rees [http://www.espn.co.uk/wales/rugby/player/2544.html]
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Craig Warlow
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Matthew Wintle
- {{flagicon|WAL}} Richard Wintle
References
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Category:Rugby union teams in Wales
Category:Sport in Bridgend County Borough
Category:1897 establishments in Wales
Category:Rugby clubs established in 1897
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