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{{Infobox rugby team
  | teamname    = Dunvant RFC
  | fullname    = Dunvant Rugby Football Club
  | nickname    = 
  | location    = [[Dunvant]], [[Wales]]
  | countryflag = Wales
  | founded     = 1887<ref>''Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1995-96'', Mick Cleary and John Griffiths; Rothmans Headline Publishing (1995) pg.418 {{ISBN|0-7472-7816-4}}</ref>
  | ground      = Broadacre
  | capacity    = 
  | president   = Dorian Samuel
  | coach       = Adam Williams Parry, Tom Cheeseman, Craig Hawkins 
  
  | league      = [[WRU National Championship League]]
  | season      = 2015-16
  | position    = Champions Division 1 West
  | url         = www.dunvantrfc.co.uk
  | pattern_la1=| pattern_b1=| pattern_ra1=| leftarm1=008000| body1=FF0000| rightarm1=008000| shorts1=000000| socks1=008000|
}}

'''Dunvant Rugby Football Club''' are a [[Wales|Welsh]] [[rugby union]] club based in [[Dunvant]], [[Swansea]] in South Wales. Dunvant RFC is a member of the [[Welsh Rugby Union]]. They competed in the [[Welsh Championship]] for   the first time in  2016/2017, but were relegated back to the WRU Division One West the same season. In the 2024/25 season, the 1st XV will play in the WRU Championship West. The Athletic will have their first season in the national leagues competing in the WRU 5 West Central league. 
On May 17th 2024, Dunvant seniors won the West Wales Rugby Union Cup defeating Gowerton RFC. This was 24 years to the day since they first won the trophy beating Llandovery.

==Club honours==
*[WWRU Section D] 1983/04 - Champions
*[WWRU Section C] 1985/06 - Champions
*[WWRU Section A] 1989/90 - Champions
*[WRU Division Two] 1990/91 - Champions
*[WRU Division Two] 1992/93 - Champions
*[WRU Division Two] 1995/96 - Champions
*[WRU Division One] 1998/99 - Champions
*[WRU Division Two West] 2005/06 - Champions
*[WRU Division One West] 2015/16 - Champions

==Notable past players==
* {{flagicon|WAL}} [[David John Thomas]] (10 caps)
* {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Richie Rees]] (9 caps)
* {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Andy Williams]] (5 caps)
* {{flagicon|WAL}} [[Mefin Davies]] (39 caps)
* Shaun Davies, Dunvant Firsts 2004-2014

==Games played against international opposition==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!Year
!Date
!Opponent
!Result
!Score
!Tour
|-
|1993
|2 October
|{{ru|JPN}}
|Loss
|23–24
|[[1993 Japan rugby union tour of Wales]]<ref>{{cite book |editor=Stephen Jones |title=Rothmans Rugby Union Yearbook 1994–95|year=1994|publisher=Headline |isbn= 0-7472-7850-4|page=64}}</ref>
|-
|1998
|4 August
|{{ru|Ivory Coast}}
|Win
|31–22
|1998 Ivory Coast rugby union tour of Wales
|-
|1999
|27 January
|{{ru|ROM}}
|Loss
|10–29
|1999 Romania rugby union tour of Wales
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.dunvantrfc.co.uk/ Dunvant Rugby Club]

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[[Category:Rugby union in Swansea]]


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