Ystrad Rhondda RFC

Ystrad Rhondda RFC

Full name	Ystrad Rhondda Rugby Football Club
Founded	1884; 141 years ago (1884)
Location	Ystrad Rhondda, Wales
Ground(s)	Gelligaled Park
Chairman	Adrian Griffiths
League(s)	Welsh Premier Division
2023-2024	Welsh Championship East - 4th (promoted) [1]
Team kit
Official website
www.ystradrhondda.rfc.wales

Ystrad Rhondda Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team based in Ystrad in the Rhondda Valley. Ystrad Rhondda RFC play home games in royal and blue hooped shirts with black shorts and black socks. Today, Ystrad Rhondda RFC plays in the Welsh Rugby Union WRU Championship league and are a feeder club for Cardiff Blues.^[2]

Club honours

• 1994-95 Welsh League Division 6 Central - Champions
• 2004-05 WRU Division Two East Champions
• 2007-08 WRU Division Two East Champions
• 2011-12 WRU Division Two East Champions
• 2013-2014 Mid District Cup finalists
• 2014-2015 WRU Swalec Plate Winners
• 2014-2015 Glamorgan County Silver Ball finalists
• 2017-2018 WRU Division 1 East Central Champions
• 2022-2023 WRU Championship Cup finalists
• 2022-2023 Mid District Cup Winners

Notable players

• Mike Griffiths 38 Wales caps, 1989 British Lion
• Willie Llewellyn (20 caps)

References

1. WRU official site
2. BBC News (8 July 2004). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC. Retrieved 18 May 2008.