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Pyle RFC

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Location
  
Pyle, Wales

2011-12
  
6th

Ground(s)
  
Brynglas Field

Full name
  
Pyle Rugby Football Club

League
  
WRU Division Four South West

Pyle rfc


Pyle Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team based in Pyle, Wales, UK. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Ospreys.

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In the 1920s, Jack Bassett, later the Wales captain, would play for the club before moving to Penarth. In the 1970s Pyle won the Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy on two occasions.

Pyle rfc team photo 1980


Club honours

  • 1975-76 Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy - Winners
  • 1977-78 Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy - Winners
  • 2008-09 Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy - Semi-finalists
  • 2008-09 WRU Division Five South Central - Champions

    • Notable former players

  • Jack Bassett 15 caps
  • Howell Davies 4 caps
  • John Richardson 2 caps, coached Pyle

    • Ricky Somers 8 caps

    References

    Pyle RFC Wikipedia
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