Ystalyfera Rugby Football Club are a Welsh rugby union club based in Ystalyfera in south Wales. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is also a feeder club for the Ospreys.[1] The club received Welsh Rugby Union status in 1904, were founder members of the West Wales League in 1929 and founder members of the National League Division 8 Central 'A' in 1994

Ystalyfera RFC
Full nameYstalyfera Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s)The Fera
Founded1884
LocationYstalyfera, Wales
Ground(s)Ynysydarren Ground
ChairmanAlun Coslett Davies
Coach(es)
  • Gareth James
  • Andrew Jenkins

Rugby manager- Damian James

League(s)championship
1st kit
2nd kit
Official website
ystalyferarfc.mywru.co.uk

Club honours

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  • West Wales Champions 1930-31
  • West Wales Cup Winners 1938-39
  • West Wales Section ‘C’ Champions 1976-77
  • Welsh National Division 5 Central Champions 1998-99
  • Swansea Valley Cup Winners 1998-99, 2011–12,2014–15
  • West Wales Bowl Winners 2010-11
  • 2013 division 3 south west winners
  • 2017 wru plate finalist runners up

2019 silver ball Finalist 2019 west wales finalist

  • 2019 division 1 west central winners
  • 2018 west wales cup winners

Notable past players

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Senior International players who have also played for Ystalyfera

History

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References

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  1. ^ BBC News (8 July 2004). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC. Retrieved 30 May 2008.