Dunvant RFC

Dunvant Rugby Football Club are a Welsh rugby union club based in Dunvant, Swansea in South Wales. Dunvant RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union. They competed in the Welsh Championship for the first time in 2016/2017, but were relegated back to the WRU Division One West the same season.

Dunvant RFC
Full nameDunvant Rugby Football Club
Founded1887[1]
LocationDunvant, Wales
Ground(s)Broadacre
PresidentDorian Samuel
Coach(es)James Richards, Mitchell Ford, Craig Hawkins and Andrew Rees
League(s)WRU National Championship League
2015-16Champions Division 1 West
Team kit
Official website
www.dunvantrfc.co.uk

Club honours
  • [WWRU Section D] 1983/04 - Champions
  • [WWRU Section C] 1985/06 - Champions
  • [WWRU Section A] 1989/90 - Champions
  • [WRU Division Two] 1990/91 - Champions
  • [WRU Division Two] 1992/93 - Champions
  • [WRU Division Two] 1995/96 - Champions
  • [WRU Division One] 1998/99 - Champions
  • [WRU Division Two West] 2005/06 - Champions
  • [WRU Division One West] 2015/16 - Champions

Notable past players


Games played against international opposition
Year Date Opponent Result Score Tour
1993 2 October  Japan Loss 23–24 1993 Japan rugby union tour of Wales[2]
1998 4 August  Ivory Coast Win 31–22 1998 Ivory Coast rugby union tour of Wales
1999 27 January  Romania Loss 10–29 1999 Romania rugby union tour of Wales

References
  1. Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1995-96, Mick Cleary and John Griffiths; Rothmans Headline Publishing (1995) pg.418 ISBN 0-7472-7816-4
  2. Stephen Jones, ed. (1994). Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1994–95. Headline. p. 64. ISBN 0-7472-7850-4.


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