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{{Short description|Welsh rugby union football club}}
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| teamname    = Llanelli RFC
| nickname    = ''Bois Sospan'', ''Turks''
| union       = [[Welsh Rugby Union]]
| image       = Llanelli_rfc_badge.png
| image_size  = 150px
| countryflag = Wales
| location    = [[Llanelli]], [[Wales]]
| url         = http://www.llanellirfc.co.uk/Home/Page
| founded     = {{Start date|1872}}
| ground      = [[Parc y Scarlets]]
| capacity    = 14,870
| president   = 
| coach       = Paul Fisher
| captain     = 
| league      = [[Welsh Premier Division]]
| season      = 2022–23
| position    = 12th
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'''Llanelli Rugby Football Club''' ({{langx|cy|'''Clwb Rygbi Llanelli'''}}) is a [[Wales|Welsh]] [[rugby union]] club founded on 30 March 1872.

The club's historic home ground was [[Stradey Park]] in [[Llanelli]], but they moved in 2008 to the new [[Parc y Scarlets]] in adjacent [[Pemberton, Carmarthenshire|Pemberton]]. The club song is "[[Sosban Fach]]", a [[Music of Wales|Welsh song]] meaning "Little Saucepan", which is sometimes sung by the club's fans during matches as the club anthem. The team colours are scarlet and white.

Following the [[Introduction of regional rugby union teams in Wales|2003 regionalisation]] of Welsh rugby, Llanelli is now a feeder club to the [[Scarlets]] regional team.

== Club history ==

=== In the beginning ===

After attending a Good Friday service in chapel, a group of young athletes from Llanelli met to discuss the formation of a new rugby club in the area. One of those men was John D. Rogers, a young industrialist who had learned to play rugby union football at [[Rugby School]], the game's birthplace. He was assisted by C. Hilton, who became the club's inaugural honorary secretary. On Easter Saturday, 30 March 1872, the group reconvened to confirm the formation of Llanelli RFC. However, due to a lack of opposition and the limitations of transport at that time, no other town club was within a suitable travelling distance until 1875–76.

The club used People's Park in Llanelli for practice. The playing kit was dark blue, with high-collared jerseys and tight trousers that reached well below the knee, and blue caps.
 
Up until then Llanelli and Neath were the only first-class clubs in Wales (Neath being one year older).

=== The early years ===

Llanelli's first recorded match was against Carmarthen Quins, on 21 December 1875 at People's Park. Unfortunately, the match had to be abandoned due to bad weather and the result is recorded as a 0–0 draw. The club's second fixture, at the same venue on 1 January 1876, was against Cambrian Club, a team based in Swansea. Two days later they played their first away fixture, against Carmarthen Quins at Picton Court, Carmarthen. This was followed by a match at Felinfoel against Swansea RFC on 5 February 1876.

Arthur Buchanan had the honour of being the first captain of Llanelli RFC. He died prematurely after accidentally shooting himself.

In September 1879, it was announced that the club were to move from People's Park, having acquired the Stradey cricket ground for their practices and matches. The first official match played at the new home was against Neath in the Challenge Cup on 29 November 1879.

A further kit change saw Llanelli RFC play in black before the team colours changed to rose and primrose stripes for the 1882/1883 season. In 1883/84, they changed again to red and chocolate quarters. However, on Easter Monday, 14 April 1884, the Llanelli team took the field in scarlet jerseys, complete with scarlet gold-braided caps. The occasion was the visit of the full Irish team, which had played Wales on the previous Saturday and stopped off on their way home. From that date, the scarlet jersey became permanent and Llanelli RFC became known throughout the rugby world as The Scarlets. Nearly 120 years later, the club's nickname also became the name of the regional team, [[Scarlets]].

=== The Scarlets ===
Llanelli's first major trophies came in 1884 and 1886 with the South Wales Challenge Cup, the forerunner of the modern Welsh Cup. December 1888 saw the team beat a touring [[1888-1889 New Zealand Native football team|New Zealand Natives]] team by 3–0, with a dropped goal from [[Harry Bowen (rugby)|Harry Bowen]]. The team claimed their first full international scalp in 1908 when they beat [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]] 8–3. This would be the first of many famous victories over touring international sides. Players who wore the Scarlet jersey in this pre-war era included [[Albert Jenkins (rugby union)|Albert Jenkins]], who scored over 121 tries for the club as a [[three-quarter back|centre]].

After the war [[Lewis Jones (rugby, born 1931)|Lewis Jones]] was one of the stars of the game. He was capped by Wales aged just 18 in 1950, and was instrumental in their Grand Slam win that year. However just two years later, he switched codes from the then amateur rugby union to the professional [[rugby league]] and signed for Leeds for a then record amount of £6,000.

Success was, however, not away from Stradey for long. A victory over [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]] came in 1967 and the club was about to enter what many would argue was its strongest era. Players at Llanelli during the 1970s included [[Ray Gravell]], [[Gareth Jenkins]], [[Delme Thomas]], [[Phil Bennett]], and [[Derek Quinnell]]; and the team was coached by [[Carwyn James]] and assisted by former captain and Wales international hooker [[Norman Gale (rugby union)|Norman Gale]].

=== The day the pubs ran dry ===
{{Main|Llanelli RFC 9–3 New Zealand}}
"9–3" is a poem by Welsh comedian and singer [[Max Boyce]] and refers to the match between Llanelli and the [[New Zealand national rugby union team|New Zealand All Blacks]] at Stradey Park in front of 26,000 supporters on 31 October 1972. Llanelli took a 6–0 lead through a converted try but New Zealand struck back to make it 6–3. A long distance Andy Hill penalty ensured Llanelli emerged victors by 9–3 and the crowd famously ran onto the pitch at the end and carried off players such as [[Delme Thomas]].<ref>''The Rugby Clubs of Wales'' pp76-77, [[David Parry-Jones]] (1989) {{ISBN|0-09-173850-4}}</ref> The poem is best known for the line "The day the pubs ran dry", as huge celebrations followed and many pubs in the town sold out of all alcoholic drinks.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/celtic/2380369.stm | work=BBC News | title=Day the pubs ran dry | date=31 October 2002 | access-date=11 May 2010}}</ref>

=== Cup success ===
The next notable period for Llanelli RFC was during the late 1980s and early 1990s. With players such as [[Ieuan Evans]] amongst the squad, Llanelli won the Welsh Cup five times in eight years between 1985 and 1993 including in consecutive seasons in 1991, 1992 and 1993. They achieved their most recent success against international opponents when they beat [[Australia national rugby union team|Australia]], the world champions at the time, in 1992. [[Rupert Moon]] was captain when they won the cup and league which earned Llanelli the title of Best Team in Britain for the 1992–1993 season as well as the nickname "Cup Kings of Wales" due to their success in the Welsh Cup. The late 1990s and early years of the 21st century also produced many Welsh internationals including Rupert Moon, [[Ricky Evans (rugby union)|Ricky Evans]], [[Wayne Proctor]], [[Scott Quinnell]] and [[Stephen Jones (rugby union)|Stephen Jones]].

The side reached the semi-finals of the [[Heineken Cup]] three times: in 2000 against [[Northampton Saints]] who went on to win the trophy, in 2002 against [[Leicester Tigers]] and in 2007 against Leicester Tigers again. In the first match against Leicester, Llanelli appeared to be going to their first final as they led 12–10 in injury time. But Leicester were awarded a penalty 8 metres inside their own half; [[Tim Stimpson]]'s kick for goal bounced off both the post and crossbar before just falling over the post to deny Llanelli.

Prior to the regional era, Llanelli RFC were considered the third most successful team in European club rugby, having played the third largest number of games (behind [[Stade Toulousain|Toulouse]] and [[Munster Rugby|Munster]]) in the [[Heineken Cup]] due to the club's consistency in qualifying for the knockout stages of the tournament. However, they have never won the competition.

=== The regional era ===
Top-level professional rugby changed at Llanelli RFC in 2003 when Llanelli's first team was rebranded, as part of the WRU's move to five professional teams, as [[Scarlets|Llanelli Scarlets]] and Llanelli RFC became the club's premiership brand. The Llanelli RFC team now plays in the [[Welsh Premier Division]] and Welsh Cup. Under coach [[Scott Quinnell]] they won the cup in 2005, their first silverware in their new format.

On 28 March 2023, Llanelli RFC announced their withdrawal from the Premier Division for the 2023–24 season, as they would be unable to field a team in the expanded league.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Llanelli pull out of Welsh Premiership |language=en-GB |work=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rugby-union/65104927 |access-date=2023-04-02}}</ref> Llanelli RFC would instead seek to arrange friendlies as a development side for the Scarlets, and look to join a proposed eight–team league above the Premier Division.<ref>{{Cite web |last=James |first=Ben |date=2023-03-28 |title=Famous Llanelli RFC club announces it will withdraw from Welsh Premiership |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/famous-llanelli-rfc-club-announces-26580347 |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=WalesOnline |language=en}}</ref>

Llanelli did not join the new competition, [[Super Rygbi Cymru]], with [[Carmarthen Quins RFC|Carmarthen Quins]] and [[Llandovery RFC|Llandovery]] representing the Scarlets region. Funding was no longer allocated to the side and the team was disbanded, with players allocated elsewhere.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Glen |date=2024-02-12 |title=Scarlets make big announcement on future of Llanelli RFC amid 'tough decisions' |url=https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/scarlets-make-big-announcement-future-28619421 |access-date=2025-01-06 |website=Wales Online |language=en}}</ref>

=== Match traditions ===
As a link to the club's team anthem ''[[Sosban Fach]]'', there were ''sosbenni'' on top of the uprights of both sets of posts at Stradey Park. The saucepans were installed at Parc y Scarlets.

When Llanelli RFC play [[Bath Rugby|Bath]], it was tradition that a rag doll was hung from the crossbar, which the winning team then kept until their next encounter. Llanelli RFC last won the doll in 2002. Since 2003 this tradition was continued by the Regional side who successfully 'defended' it when they played Bath in the [[Powergen Cup]] semi-final in 2006.

==Ground==
The Scarlets play at Parc y Scarlets in [[Pemberton, Carmarthenshire|Pemberton]]. From 1879 to 2008 they played at Stradey Park in Llanelli. Planning for the new stadium began in 2004.<ref>{{cite news|publisher=BBC|date=1 July 2004|title=Scarlets home in on stadium site|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/3854029.stm|access-date=23 March 2015}}</ref>

== Club honours ==
* [[Welsh Premier Division]]: 1992–93, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2010–11
* [[WRU Challenge Cup|Welsh Cup]]: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2010
* [[Snelling Sevens]]: 1960, 1971, 1973, 1979, 1988

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==British and Irish Lions==
The following former players were selected for the [[British and Irish Lions]] touring squads while playing for Llanelli RFC. 
{|
|valign="top"|
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Phil Bennett]] 1974, 1977
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Roy Bergiers]] 1974
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Bill Clement (rugby union)|Bill Clement]] 1938
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Tommy David]] 1974
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Ieuan Evans]] 1989, 1993, 1997
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Ray Gravell]] 1980
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Dafydd James]] 2001
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Elvet Jones]] 1938
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Ivor Jones]] 1930
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Lewis Jones (rugby, born 1931)|Lewis Jones]] 1950
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Robin McBryde]] 2001
|width="45"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Peter Morgan (rugby union)|Peter Morgan]] 1980
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Terry Price (rugby)|Terry Price]] 1966
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Derek Quinnell]] 1971, 1977, 1980
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Scott Quinnell]] 1993, 2001
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Keith Rowlands]] 1962
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Alun Thomas]] 1955, 1974 (manager)
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Delme Thomas]] 1966, 1971
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[J. J. Williams (rugby union)|J. J. Williams]] 1974, 1977
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[R. H. Williams (rugby union)|R. H. Williams]] 1955, 1959
|width="45"|&nbsp;
|}

==Wales International Captains==
The following former players captained the [[Wales national rugby union team]] while playing for Llanelli RFC.

''See also [[Wales rugby union captains]]''

{|
|valign="top"|
* [[Willie Thomas]] 1891
* [[Jenkins Alban Davies|Rev J Alban Davies]] 1914
* [[Albert Jenkins (rugby union)|Albert Jenkins]] 1923–1928
* [[Idris Jones (chemist)|Idris Jones]] 1925
* [[Ivor Jones]] 1927–30
* [[R. H. Williams (rugby union)|R. H. Williams]] 1960
* [[Onllwyn Brace]] 1960–61
* [[Terry Davies]] 1960–61
* [[Norman Gale (rugby union)|Norman Gale]] 1967–68
|width="45"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
* [[Delme Thomas]] 1972
* [[Phil Bennett]] 1977–78
* [[David Pickering (rugby union)|David Pickering]] 1986–87
* [[Jonathan Davies (rugby, born 1962)|Jonathan Davies]] 1987–88
* [[Ieuan Evans]] 1991–95
* [[Nigel Davies (rugby union)|Nigel Davies]] 1996
* [[Scott Quinnell]] 2000–02
* [[Stephen Jones (rugby union)|Stephen Jones]] 2003–07
|width="45"|&nbsp;
|}

== Other notable former Llanelli players ==
Former Llanelli RFC players who have at some time represented Wales or toured with the British Lions.

:''See also [[:Category:Llanelli RFC players]]''
{|
|valign="top"|
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Owen Badger]] – Welsh international
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Neil Boobyer]] – Welsh international
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} {{Flagicon|New Zealand}} [[Matt Cardey]] – Welsh international
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Howard Davies (rugby union)|Howard Davies]] – Welsh international
* {{flagicon|Wales}} [[Jack Evans (rugby, born 1871)|Jack Evans]] – Welsh international
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Ike Fowler]] – Welsh international
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Rhys Gabe]] – Welsh international, British Lion
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Andrew Gibbs]] – Welsh international
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Clive Griffiths (rugby)|Clive Griffiths]] – Welsh international
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Chico Hopkins]] – Welsh international, British Lion
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Bryn Howells]] – Welsh rugby union and league international
|width="45"|&nbsp;
|valign="top"|
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Carwyn James]] – Welsh international, British Lions coach, broadcaster
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Barry John]] – Welsh international, British Lion
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Ken Jones (rugby union, born 1941)|Ken Jones]] – Welsh international, British Lion
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Frederick Margrave]] – Welsh international
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Phil May (rugby union)|Phil May]] – Welsh international
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Rupert Moon]] – Welsh international
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Mark Perego]] – Welsh international
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Wayne Proctor]] – Welsh international
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Paul Ringer]] – Welsh international
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Mark Taylor (rugby union, born 1973)|Mark Taylor]] – Welsh international
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[Watcyn Thomas]] – Welsh international
* {{Flagicon|Wales}} [[James Watts (rugby union)|James Watts]] – Welsh international
|}

==Games played against international opposition==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!Year
!Date
!Opponent
!Result
!Score
!Tour
|- 
|1888
|19 December
|{{ru|New Zealand Māori|old}}
|Win
|3–0
|[[1888-1889 New Zealand Native football team|1888 New Zealand Native tour]]
|- 
|1903
|15 January
|{{ru|CAN|1868}}
|Won
|11–9
|1903 Canada rugby tour of the British Isles
|- 
|1906
|29 December
|{{ru|RSA|1801}}
|Loss
|3–16
|[[1906 South Africa rugby union tour]]
|- 
|1908
|17 October
|{{ru|AUS}}
|Won
|8–3
|[[1908–09 Australia rugby union tour of the British Isles and France|1908 Australia tour of British Isles and France]]
|- 
|1912
|19 October
|{{ru|RSA|1912}}
|Loss
|7–8
|[[1912–13 South Africa rugby union tour]]
|- 
|1924
|2 December
|{{ru|NZL}}
|Lost
|3–8
|[[1924–25 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France|1924–25 New Zealand tour]]
|-
|1926
|13 November
|{{ru|New Zealand Māori|old}}
|Win
|3–0
|[[1926–27 New Zealand Māori rugby union tour]]
|-
|1931
|24 November
|{{ru|RSA|1928}}
|Loss
|0–9
|[[1931–32 South Africa rugby union tour]]
|- 
|1935
|22 October
|{{ru|NZL}}
|Loss
|8–16
|[[1935–36 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and Canada|1935–36 New Zealand rugby union tour]]
|-
|1947
|17 January
|{{ru|AUS}}
|Lost
|4-6
|[[1947–48 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America]]
|- 
|1951
|23 October
|{{ru|RSA|1928}}
|Loss
|11–20
|[[1951–52 South Africa rugby union tour]]
|-
|1953
|17 November
|{{ru|NZL}}
|Loss
|3–17
|[[1953–54 New Zealand rugby union tour of the British Isles, France and North America|1953/54 All Blacks tour of the British Isles, France and North America]]
|- 
|1957
|August
|{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Czechoslovakia national rugby union team|Czechoslovakia]]
|Win
|35–9
|Llanelli tour of Russia
|- 
|1957
|August
|{{flagicon|Czechoslovakia}} [[Czechoslovakia national rugby union team|Czechoslovakia]]
|Win
|35–9
|Llanelli tour of Russia
|- 
|1957
|10 December
|{{ru|AUS}}
|Loss
|5-9
|[[1957–58 Australia rugby union tour]]
|-
|1963
|31 December
|{{ru|NZL}}
|Loss
|8–22
|[[1963–64 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland, France and North America|1963/64 All Blacks tour of the British Isles, France and Canada]]
|-
|1967
|17 January
|{{ru|AUS}}
|Won
|11–0
|[[1966–67 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and France|1966–67 Australia rugby union tour]]
|- 
|1970
|20 January
|{{ru|RSA|1928}}
|Loss
|9–10
|[[1969–70 South Africa rugby union tour]]
|- 
|1972
|31 October
|{{ru|NZL}}
|Win
|[[Llanelli RFC 9–3 New Zealand|9–3]]
|[[1972–73 New Zealand rugby union tour of the British Isles, France and North America]]
|-
|1974
|17 September
|{{ru|TON}}
|Win
|24–15
|1974 Tonga Tour to the British Isles
|-
|[[1975–76 Australia rugby union tour of Britain, Ireland and the United States#Llanelli|1975]]
|4 November
|{{ru|AUS}}
|Draw
|28–28
|[[1975–76 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland]]
|-
|1980
|21 October
|{{ru|NZL}}
|Loss
|10–16
|[[1980 New Zealand rugby union tour of North America and Wales#Llanelli RFC|1980 All Blacks tour]]
|-
|1982
|6 November
|{{flagicon|NZL}}[[Māori All Blacks team|New Zealand Māori]]
|Win
|16–9
|[[1982 New Zealand Māori rugby union tour of Wales]]
|-
|1984
|20 November
|{{ru|AUS}}
|Win
|19–16
|[[1984 Australia rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland|1984 Australia tour of Britain and Ireland]]
|-
|1985
|5 November
|{{ru|FIJ}}
|Win
|31–28
|[[1985 Fiji rugby union tour of British Isles]]<ref>[http://www.fijirugby.com/matchreport.cfm?fixtureid=956B4301-11D8-27B2-F9AFF6ECA93F50F3&linkfrom=results Fiji Rugby.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711001543/http://www.fijirugby.com/matchreport.cfm?fixtureid=956B4301-11D8-27B2-F9AFF6ECA93F50F3&linkfrom=results |date=11 July 2011 }}</ref>
|-
|1986
|16 August
|{{ru|FIJ}}
|Loss
|12–16
|Llanelli at the [[National Stadium (Suva)|National Stadium]], [[Suva]], Fiji<ref>[http://www.fijirugby.com/matchreport.cfm?fixtureid=95AA999B-11D8-27B2-F9DC5A35B9362393&linkfrom=results Fiji Rugby.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711001436/http://www.fijirugby.com/matchreport.cfm?fixtureid=95AA999B-11D8-27B2-F9DC5A35B9362393&linkfrom=results |date=11 July 2011 }}</ref>
|-
|1989
|28 October
|{{ru|NZL}}
|Loss
|0–11
|[[1989 New Zealand rugby union tour]]
|-
|1992
|14 November
|{{ru|AUS}}
|Win
|[[Llanelli RFC 13–9 Australia|13–9]]
|[[1992 Australia rugby union tour of Europe]]
|-
|1995
|7 November
|{{ru|FIJ}}
|Loss
|12–38
|[[1995 Fiji rugby union tour of Wales and Ireland]]<ref name="1985 Fijian Tour">{{cite web | url=http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19951017/ai_n14012604 | title=Wales brace themselves for the giants of Fiji | work=The Independent| author=Robert Cole | date=10 October 1995 | access-date=20 June 2008}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
|-
|1997
|8 November
|{{ru|NZL}}
|Loss
|3–81
|[[1997 New Zealand rugby union tour of Britain and Ireland]]
|}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |last=Bevan |first=Alun Wyn |title=Stradey Stories |year=2005 |publisher=Gomer Press |location=Llandysul |isbn=978-1-84323-570-5}}
* {{cite book |last=Hughes |first=Gareth |title=One hundred years of Scarlet|publisher=Llanelli Rugby Football Club|year=1983|isbn=0-9509159-0-4|author-link=Gareth Hughes (writer)}}
* {{cite book |last=Hughes |first=Gareth |title=The Scarlets: A History of Llanelli Rugby Club |year=1986 |publisher=Llanelli Borough Council |location= Llanelli|isbn=0-906821-05-3}}
* {{cite book |last1=Smith |first1=David |last2=Williams |first2=Gareth |title=Fields of Praise: The Official History of The Welsh Rugby Union |year=1980 |publisher=University of Wales Press |location=Cardiff |isbn=0-7083-0766-3}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.llanellirfc.co.uk Llanelli RFC]
*[http://www.scarlets.co.uk/ Llanelli Scarlets]
*[http://www.wru.co.uk Welsh Rugby Union]

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