Hotel. In 1882 Aberavon took part in the South Wales Challenge Cup, their first competitive game, and in the 1886/87 season Aberavon RFC applied to and...
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Howe of Aberavon. Since 1999 it has had its own Welsh Assembly constituency. Aberavon hosted the National Eisteddfod in 1932 and 1966. Aberavon RFC are a...
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Ospreys (rugby union) (redirect from Ospreys RFC)
semi-professional and amateur clubs, including Welsh Premier Division sides Aberavon RFC, Bridgend Ravens, and original founding clubs Neath and Swansea. The...
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Dan Edwards (rugby union) (category Aberavon RFC players)
URC side he also went and played for Aberavon RFC and Swansea RFC. At the end of the 2021-22 season at Aberavon he won the Young Player of the Year award...
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Allan Martin (rugby union) (category Aberavon RFC players)
Allan Jeffery Martin (born 11 December 1948) is a former Aberavon RFC and Welsh international rugby union player. He was noted for his long-distance goal-kicking...
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Richard Hibbard (category Aberavon RFC players)
including Aberavon Quins RFC and Taibach RFC. A former pupil of Glan Afan Comprehensive School, he went on to play at senior level for Taibach, Aberavon RFC and...
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with the WRU. Newport and Aberavon were promoted to take their place. Llanelli RFC won the league, despite Pontypridd RFC beginning the season as runaway...
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went on to lose narrowly to Ebbw Vale RFC (22-27) in the quarter final. In May 2002, Pontypool and Aberavon RFC finished at the top of Division 1 on the...
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Ospreys in 2012 having previously played for the Ospreys academy Aberavon RFC, Neath RFC, Swansea RFC and Bridgend Ravens. Ospreys Player Profile v t e...
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Ian Hall (rugby union) (category Aberavon RFC players)
is a Welsh former rugby union international who played club rugby for Aberavon RFC during the 1970s. Born in Gilfach Goch, Hall was a strong running centre...
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maximum capacity of 8,000. The ground is home to Welsh rugby union team Aberavon RFC, and the Wales women's national team. Originally called the Central Athletic...
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Paul Morgan (rugby, born 1974) (category Aberavon RFC players)
RFC (two spells), London Welsh RFC (while at Brunel University), Whitland RFC, Aberavon RFC (two spells), Llanharan RFC, Bridgend Ravens, Maesteg RFC...
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Aberavon Harlequins RFC (nicknamed "The Mighty Quins") is a Welsh rugby union team located in the Fairfield area of Port Talbot, a few minutes away from...
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Clive Shell (category Aberavon RFC players)
Edwards and Cardiff RFC. Shell formed a club half-back partnership with John Bevan who was also capped by Wales. He captained Aberavon RFC in the seasons of...
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made his debut for the Ospreys in 2016 against Harlequins having previously played for the Ospreys academy and Aberavon RFC. Ospreys Player Profile v t e...
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Sean Holley (category Aberavon RFC players)
employment at CCTA (now Coleg Sir Gar) and signed as a fullback for Aberavon RFC until an injury sustained in a match in 1994 against South Africa which...
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Taibach RFC. Like all Welsh clubs, Aberavon Green Stars disbanded during the Second World War, but in 1946 reformed as Port Talbot Cyms RFC. In 1953...
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of Aberavon RFC, Bedwas RFC, Cardiff RFC, Carmarthen Quins, Cross Keys RFC, Ebbw Vale RFC, Glamorgan Wanderers RFC, Llandovery RFC, Llanelli RFC, Neath...
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2010 against Kidwelly RFC Smith scored 7 tries. The pre-regional record of 6 tries is jointly held by Howie Jones (v Aberavon 1928/29), W.D. Williams...
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Justin Tipuric (category Aberavon RFC players)
plays for the Ospreys Welsh regional team, having previously played for Aberavon RFC. His Ospreys debut came as a replacement in an LV= Cup home defeat to...
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Bridgend Ravens (redirect from Bridgend RFC)
(Defeated Pontypridd RFC 19–15) 2013–14 – 9th (of 12) Principality Welsh Premiership; Round 1 of Swalec Cup (knocked out by Aberavon RFC 21–19) 2012–13 –...
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Mark Jones (rugby, born 1965) (category Aberavon 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, or number eight...
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consisted of Aberavon RFC, Bedwas RFC, Cardiff RFC, Carmarthen Quins, Cross Keys RFC, Glamorgan Wanderers RFC, Llandovery RFC, Llanelli RFC, Neath RFC, Newport...
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sport. Other teams include: Aberavon RFC, (founded in 1876) who play in the Rugby Union Welsh Premier Division Aberavon Quins RFC, (founded in 1891) who play...
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were Aberavon RFC, Bedwas RFC, Bridgend Ravens, Cardiff RFC, Cross Keys RFC, Ebbw Vale RFC, Glamorgan Wanderers RFC, Llandovery RFC, Llanelli RFC, Neath...
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Roger Michaelson (category Aberavon RFC players)
Roger Carl Brandon Michaelson (born 31 March 1941) is a Welsh former international rugby union player. Michaelson was born in Porthcawl and educated in...
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John Bevan (rugby union) (category Aberavon RFC players)
played for Wales during the 1970s. Bevan was born in Neath. He played for Aberavon RFC, the British Lions and The Barbarians. He formed a formidable club half...
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Glasgow Scotland Hillhead Jordanhill RFC Rugby union 250 Talbot Athletic Ground 5,000 Port Talbot Wales Aberavon RFC Rugby union 251 The Grange 5,000 Edinburgh...
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Cliff Ashton (category Aberavon RFC players)
drop-goal exponent, capped seven times for Wales from 1959 to 1962, while a Aberavon RFC player. Ashton later played for Chepstow, soon after relocating to the...
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Max Wiltshire (category Aberavon RFC players)
a lock forward for Aberavon RFC during the 1960s. First capped against the touring All Blacks in 1967 along with fellow Aberavon players, Billy Mainwaring...
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