Maesteg RFC

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Maesteg RFC
Full name	Maesteg Rugby Football Club
Founded	1877
Location	Maesteg, Wales
Ground(s)	Llynfi Road
Chairman	Nigel Williams
Coach	Gareth Brown Allan Bateman
League	Welsh Premier Division
2007-08	14th[1]
Team colours
Official website
www.maestegrfc.com

Maesteg Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the town of Maesteg, South Wales. The club presently play in the Welsh Rugby Union Premier Division and is a feeder club for the Ospreys.^[2]

Maesteg RFC was formed in 1877 in the Llynfi valley, in the county of Glamorgan. They were county league champions 1912 to 1913. The 1949 team completed their season without losing a single game. In 1978 and 1979 they were the Whitbread league champions. In 1982 they played the Irish Wolfhounds, Crawshays RFC, Toronto Welsh RFC, German Federation and the New Zealand Māoris; they held the latter to a 10-10 draw. These games were thought at the time to be part of the centenary season of the club^[3]. It was later discovered that this was untrue, as the centenary was five years earlier.

Paul Biggerstaff played second row for Maesteg during his younger days.

Maesteg were promoted to the Welsh Premier Division in 2005.

[edit] Notable Former Players

• Gwyn Evans Wales international & British Lion
• Trevor Lloyd Wales international & British Lion
• Ray Hopkins Wales international & British Lion
• Allan Bateman Wales international & British Lion

[edit] Links

• Official Site

[edit] References

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