Tondu RFC
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short descriptionScript error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Tondu Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Aberkenfig, South Wales. They presently play in the Welsh Rugby Union Championship and are a feeder club for the Ospreys.[1]
During the early 1990s Tondu RFC dominated the Glamorgan County Silver Ball competition, winning the trophy in 1991, 1992 and 1993. Tondu are the joint leading winners of the competition having now won it on four occasions.
An ad first appeared in "The Western Mail" on 22 November 1879, announcing the formation of the Tondu Football Club.[2]
Club badge
The club badge consists of a shield housing three Celtic crosses and a waterwheel symbolising the water mill that once stood on the River Ogmore.[3]
Club honours
- Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy - 1986-87 Winners
- Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy - 1990-91 Winners
- Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy - 1991-92 Winners
- Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy - 1993-94 Winners
- District Div 1 cup winners
2023/24
- Welsh youth cup winners - 1989/90 2011/12 2022/23
- Welsh youth plate winners - 2017/18
Osprey youth league winners - 2021/22 2022/23
Notable former players
- see also Category:Tondu RFC players
The following are former Tondu players who have been capped at international level.
- Template:Flagicon Keith Bradshaw
- Template:Flagicon J. P. R. Williams
- Template:Flagicon Neil Boobyer
- Template:Flagicon Ian Boobyer
- Template:Flagicon Gavin Thomas
- Template:Flagicon Lee Byrne
- Template:Flagicon Owen Watkin
- Template:Flagicon Ryan Matyas
External links
References
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First record of Mini & Juniors: https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3465851/3465854/83/Tondu%20Football