Ammanford RFC

Ammanford RFC
Full name	Ammanford Rugby Football Club
Founded	1887
Location	Ammanford, Wales
President	Huw Jones
Coach(es)	Gareth Potter
League(s)	WRU Division One West
2013-14	12th[1]
	Team kit
	Team kit
Official website
	ammanfordrfc.mywru.co.uk

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.[2]

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[3]
2010-11 SWALEC Plate - Winners[4]

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.

Cyril H Davies (7 caps, 1957–61)[5]
Daniel Evans (2 caps, 2009)
Jack Evans (3 caps, 1896–97)
Tom Evans (18 caps, 1906–11)[5]
Ike Fowler (1 cap, 1919)[5]
Thomas Hollingdale (6 caps, 1927–30)[5]
Samson Lee (3 caps, 2013-)
Percy Lloyd (4 caps, 1890–91)[5]
Hugh Lloyd-Davies
Joe Rees (12 caps, 1920–24)[5]
Donald Tarr (1 cap, 1935)[5]
Ted Ward (13 RL caps, 1946–51)

References

"WRU official site". Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2014-06-22.
BBC News (2004-07-08). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC. Retrieved 2008-05-28.
Ammanford seize SWALEC Plate in style Archived May 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine WRU website
"Aberavon 24-35 Pontypridd". BBC Sport. 2 May 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.
Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981 p464, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)

External links

Ammanford RFC

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[1] "WRU official site". Archived from the original on 2014-08-14. Retrieved 2014-06-22.

[2] BBC News (2004-07-08). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC. Retrieved 2008-05-28.

[3] Ammanford seize SWALEC Plate in style Archived May 26, 2011, at the Wayback Machine WRU website

[4] "Aberavon 24-35 Pontypridd". BBC Sport. 2 May 2011. Retrieved 2 May 2011.

[FoP-5] Fields of Praise, The Official History of the Welsh Rugby Union 1881-1981 p464, David Smith, Gareth Williams (1980)