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Waunarlwydd Rugby Football Club
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Green and Blacks
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Waunarlwydd , Wales
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Wales
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1900(c)
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Waunarlwydd Recreation Ground
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Rhodri Williams
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WRU Division One West
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2006-07
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10th
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wwwwaunarlwyddrfcorguk
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is a
Rugby Football Club representing the
Swansea suburb of
Waunarlwydd . The club was formed in 1900 and celebrated its centenery with a tour to
Prague in the
Czech Republic .
Waunarlwydd RFC runs teams at all ages between Under 8 and Under 16, a Youth Section consisting of Under 17's and Under 19's, Seniors, Veterans and Women's Teams. Waunarlwydd currently plays in the
WRU Division One West after achieving promotion from Division 2 in the 2004/2005 season.
Waunarlwydd RFC was formed in 1900 and originally played on what is now the Common at Mynydd Bach Y Glo. The team changed at the Arcade, this being the name of the building on the corner of Swansea Road and Bryn Road. There were no club colours and players provided their own jerseys, whatever the colour. In 1908 Waunarlwydd played in a Championship final at St. Helen's. Their opponents were Baycliff, a team from the Sandfields area a match which saw Waunarlwydd have eight players sent off. compiled by Eldred Bayliss and Howard George (1975)
The club tasted their first championship success in season 1921-1922 when they won the Third Division Championship of the Swansea & District Rugby Union. In 1933 made its first application for membership of the Welsh Rugby Union. The team won the Swansea and District Rugby Union league and cup double in the 1950/51 season.
In the 1984/85 season the 'green and blacks' reached the West Wales Cup Final following memorable victories against Ystradgynlais, Tumble and
Seven Sisters in the preceding rounds. However, the final was never a real contest and Carmarthen Athletic were deserved winners. The 2004/2005 season saw Waunarlwydd attaining promotion to the WRU Division 1 where they currently play.
