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Maesteg Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the town of Maesteg, South Wales. The club currently play in the Division 3B west Central Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Ospreys.




Club history


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. It was later discovered that this was untrue, as the centenary was five years earlier.
Maesteg were promoted to the Welsh Premier Division in 2005, but were relegated back to division one when they came bottom of the league in the 2007/08 season.




Notable former players


See also Category:Maesteg RFC players
The below players have represented Maesteg and have been capped at international level.

Billy Banks Wales and Great Britain rugby league international
Allan Bateman Wales international & British Lion
Gwyn Evans Wales international and British Lion
Chico Hopkins Wales international and British Lion
Fred Hutchinson
Trevor Lloyd Wales international and British Lion
Glyn Moses Wales and Great Britain rugby league international
Charlie Pugh
Ike Owens Wales & Great Britain rugby league international
Alan Rees Wales international
Aaron Rees Wales international
David Watts




Club honours


Glamorgan Challenge Cup 1912 - Champions
Whitbread Merit Table 1977/78 - Champions
Whitbread Merit Table 1978/79 - Champions
SWALEC Plate 2009/10 - Champions
WRU Division Two West 2009.10 - Champions




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Maesteg RFC
• Maesteg
• Maesteg Celtic RFC
• Chico Hopkins
• J. J. Williams (rugby union)
• List of Welsh rugby union clubs
• Maesteg Harlequins RFC
• Ian Boobyer
• Wilson Lauder
• Ianto Davies