- Source: Amman United RFC
Amman United Rugby Football Club (Welsh: Yr Aman) is a Welsh rugby union team from the Amman valley north of Swansea. The club plays at Cwmamman Recreation Ground between Garnant and Glanamman; before the coal-mining boom the two towns were a single village called Cwmamman.
The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Scarlets regional team. Amman United has supplied several players to the Wales rugby union team including Claude Davey and Tom Day and in Trevor Evans and Shane Williams, members of the British and Irish Lions.
Amman United came second in the WRU Division Four West and were promoted in 2012; by the end of the year they were leading WRU Division Three West. In 2017 Amman UTD won the national bowl in Principality Stadium and also were crowned champions of WRU Division 3B West undefeated.
Notable former players
Tom Day
Carwyn James
Trevor Evans
Joe Rees
William "Billo" Rees
Shane Williams
Dai Davies
Ted Ward
References
External links
The Centenary History of Amman United Rugby Football Club, 1903-2003
History of Cwmamman Recreational Ground
Rick O'Shea visits Shane Williams's home club - TV segment
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Amman United RFC
- WRU Division Four West
- Shane Williams
- WRU Division Three West
- Glanamman
- Emyr Wyn Lewis
- Trefor Evans
- List of Welsh rugby union clubs
- Melbourne Tierney
- Caerphilly RFC