regional team. Evidence of rugby union being played in Ebbw Vale is noted around 1879. Ebbw Vale RFC applied for and achieved Welsh Rugby Union (then known...
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Ebbw Vale (/ˈɛbuː veɪl/; Welsh: Glynebwy) is a town at the head of the valley formed by the Ebbw Fawr tributary of the Ebbw River in Wales. It is the...
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throughout the area, including Pontypool RFC, Caerphilly RFC, Cross Keys RFC, Ebbw Vale RFC and Newport RFC. Formed in 2003 as a result of the introduction...
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Abertillery RFC/Blaenau Gwent RFC, Beaufort RFC Blania RFC Brynithel RFC Brynmawr RFC Cwm RFC Ebbw Vale RFC RTB Ebbw Vale RFC Llanhilleth RFC Nantyglo RFC Tredegar...
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Eugene Cross Park (category Ebbw Vale)
to the B4486 road, the Newchurch Road and the Ebbw River. It is the home of Ebbw Vale RFC and Ebbw Vale Cricket Club, it occasionally hosts matches for...
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Clive Burgess (category Ebbw Vale RFC players)
nature and rugged appearance. He played his club rugby for Ebbw Vale RFC, Croesyceiliog RFC and Brescia Rugby Burgess is unusual as he first started playing...
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Clive Best (category Ebbw Vale RFC players)
level rugby union (RU) for Welsh Schoolboys, and at club level for Ebbw Vale RFC, as a full-back, and then to usurp the ban on rugby league players,...
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Ian Watkins (rugby union) (category Ebbw Vale RFC players)
for Ebbw Vale RFC and Cardiff RFC. He also played invitational rugby for the Barbarians. Watkins was educated at Glyncoed Comprehensive and Ebbw Vale Senior...
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Mark Jones (rugby, born 1965) (category Ebbw Vale RFC players)
and at club level for Tredegar RFC, Tredegar Ironsides RFC, Neath RFC, Ebbw Vale RFC, Pontypool RFC (2001–03), Aberavon RFC, as a flanker, i.e. number 6...
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Kevin Ellis (rugby) (category Ebbw Vale RFC players)
(RU) for Bridgend RFC, Maesteg RFC (two spells), Treorchy RFC, Sale Sharks, London Irish, Cardiff RFC, Pontypool RFC and Ebbw Vale RFC, at representative...
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Joe Westwood (category Ebbw Vale RFC players)
and was allocated to Ebbw Vale RFC for the 2021–22 Indigo Group Premiership. In 2023, Westwood made his debut for Newport RFC. Westwood also attended...
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throughout the area, including Pontypool RFC, Caerphilly RFC, Cross Keys RFC, Ebbw Vale RFC and Newport RFC. Formed in 2003 as a result of the introduction...
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for the 1999–2000 Heineken Cup, with Ebbw Vale RFC missing out to make space for Cardiff and Swansea. Aberavon RFC were relegated. The league operated...
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Iestyn Thomas (category Ebbw Vale RFC players)
Pontypool RFC, but later moved to the top division with Ebbw Vale RFC. He was Mike Ruddock's choice as captain as he successfully kept Ebbw Vale in the league...
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Byron Hayward (category Ebbw Vale RFC players)
Hayward started his rugby career at Abertillery RFC. He mainly played his club rugby for Ebbw Vale RFC but as the club went into administration he and...
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Richard Smith (rugby union, born 1973) (category Ebbw Vale RFC players)
played scrum-half for Ebbw Vale RFC, Sale Sharks, Worcester Warriors, Newport RFC, Bristol Rugby, Cardiff RFC, Newbridge RFC, Merthyr RFC and Cardiff Blues...
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club level rugby union (RU) for Tredegar RFC, Ebbw Vale RFC, Brynmawr RFC (two spells), and Cross Keys RFC, as a lock, i.e. number 4 or 5, and representative...
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Robert Lewis (rugby union) (category Ebbw Vale RFC players)
came through the Newport Gwent Dragons Academy learning his trade with Ebbw Vale RFC and made his debut for the region in December 2007, coming off the bench...
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Aberavon RFC, Bedwas RFC, Bridgend Ravens, Cardiff RFC, Cross Keys RFC, Ebbw Vale RFC, Glamorgan Wanderers RFC, Llandovery RFC, Llanelli RFC, Neath RFC, Newport...
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where he was until November 2012. He was previously the coach with Ebbw Vale RFC whom he was with for a season and a half, saving them from relegation...
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RFC, the then reigning Welsh/Scottish Champions, 16–14 in a pulsating Principality Cup clash at Pontypool Park. They went on to lose narrowly to Ebbw...
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Nigel Davies (rugby union) (category Llanelli RFC players)
Davies was sacked by Gloucester. In June 2015 Davies was announced as Ebbw Vale RFC Head Coach "Trimsaran Hall of Fame". Archived from the original on 3...
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Mark Brown (rugby union) (category Ebbw Vale RFC players)
the age of seventeen Brown was invited to train with Cwmbran RFC (coached by former Ebbw Vale and Wales flanker Graham Jones). Brown only took the opportunity...
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Kingsley Jones (rugby union, born 1969) (category Ebbw Vale RFC players)
club. In 1995, Jones joined Ebbw Vale RFC at the elite end of Welsh rugby. He was a regular in the backrow for Ebbw Vale, such that he was given captaincy...
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RFC Usk RFC Ynysddu RFC Abercarn RFC Bettws RFC Blaenavon RFC Caldicot RFC Llanhilleth RFC Oakdale RFC RTB (Ebbw Vale) RFC Talywain RFC Trinant RFC Usk...
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Jason Strange (category Ebbw Vale RFC players)
number of clubs in Wales including Pontypridd RFC, Ebbw Vale RFC, Newport RFC before joining Bristol RFC and Leeds Carnegie where he signed a 2-year contract...
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Rhys Jenkins (rugby union) (category Ebbw Vale RFC players)
international. A back row forward, Jenkins joined Newport RFC from Ebbw Vale RFC at the start of the 2010–11 season. He made his debut for Newport Gwent...
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Nigel Meek (category Ebbw Vale RFC players)
his country, as well as representing Ebbw Vale RFC, Pontypool RFC, Pontypridd RFC, Abertillery RFC and Newbridge RFC in the top division of Welsh club rugby...
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Ashley Sweet (category Ebbw Vale RFC players)
having previously played for Cross Keys RFC, Cardiff RFC, Ebbw Vale RFC, Newport RFC and Pontypool United RFC. He was released by the Dragons regional...
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Kati Tuipulotu (category Ebbw Vale RFC players)
competition and had several seasons in Wales, with Dunvant, Neath and Ebbw Vale, then moved to Merseyside to play for New Brighton. Tuipulotu is the father...
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