Skewen RFC

Rugby team
teamname = Skewen RFC
fullname = Skewen Rugby Football Club
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location = Skewen, Wales
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founded = 1883
ground = Tennant Park
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coach =
league = WRU Division Three South West
season = 2007-08
position = 5th [ [http://www.wru.co.uk/1151_2144.php WRU official site] ]
url = www.skewenrfc.co.uk
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Skewen Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Skewen, South Wales. During the 1897/88 season they applied for and were successful in gaining membership to the Welsh Rugby Union, though funding remained an issue and it is recorded that during the 1902/03 season the club still claimed no money from the WRU. In 1904 the club secured a regular playing ground at Cae Lynch, from here they could charge a few pence for admission. In 1905 they switched grounds to Cae Wathen, the same year the club held their first official dinner, an important event for any rugby club.

Unlike most Welsh clubs, rugby was still played in Skewen during the First World War, but mainly as charity matches between local collaries. In 1920 the club was playing competitive rugby and managed to beat Bridgend RFC a team that played at a far higher level than Skewen. In 1936 Skewen RFC moved to their present pitch at Tennant Park. During the second World War all rugby ceased under the orders of the WRU.

Skewen RFC presently play in the Welsh Rugby Union Division Three South East League 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=2008-05-30] .

Skewen RFC were the losing finalists of the inaugural Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy competition during the 1956-57 season.

External links

* [http://www.skewenrfc.co.uk Skewen Rugby Football Club]

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