Ystalyfera RFC

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| teamname = Ystalyfera RFC

| fullname = Ystalyfera Rugby Football Club

| nickname = The Fera

| location = Ystalyfera, Wales

| founded = 1884

| ground = Ynysydarren Ground

| capacity =

| chairman = Alun Coslett Davies

| coach = {{Plainlist|

  • Gareth James
  • Andrew Jenkins

Rugby manager- Damian James

}}

| league = championship

| season = 2019/20

| url = http://ystalyferarfc.mywru.co.uk/

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Ystalyfera Rugby Football Club are a Welsh rugby union club based in Ystalyfera in south Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is also 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 |access-date=2008-05-30}} The club received Welsh Rugby Union status in 1904, were founder members of the West Wales League in 1929 and founder members of the National League Division 8 Central 'A' in 1994

Club honours

  • West Wales Champions 1930-31
  • West Wales Cup Winners 1938-39
  • West Wales Section ‘C’ Champions 1976-77
  • Welsh National Division 5 Central Champions 1998-99
  • Swansea Valley Cup Winners 1998-99, 2011–12,2014–15
  • West Wales Bowl Winners 2010-11
  • 2013 division 3 south west winners
  • 2017 wru plate finalist runners up

2019 silver ball Finalist

2019 west wales finalist

  • 2019 division 1 west central winners
  • 2018 west wales cup winners

Notable past players

Senior International players who have also played for Ystalyfera

  • {{flagicon|WAL}} Howell Lewis (4 caps) 1913-14
  • {{flagicon|WAL}} Albert Owen (1 cap) 1924
  • {{flagicon|WAL}} Jack Howell John (8 caps) 1926-27
  • {{flagicon|WAL}} Clive Rowlands (14 caps) 1962-65

History

References