Kenfig Hill RFC

Kenfig Hill Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Kenfig Hill, South Wales. Kenfig Hill RFC presently play in the Welsh Rugby Union Division one west. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Ospreys.[2] The club fields a First, Seconds, Youth and Junior teams.

Kenfig Hill RFC
Full nameKenfig Hill Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s)The Mules
Founded1897
LocationKenfig Hill, Bridgend
Ground(s)Croft Goch Playing Fields
Coach(es)Steffan Jones and Rhys Jones
Captain(s)Tom Briggs
League(s)WRU Division One West Central
2018-20194th[1]
Team kit
Official website
kenfighill.rfc.wales

A club was first founded at Kenfig in 1897, though not taking the name Kenfig Hill RFC at the time. In 1914 the club, like many teams in the area, went into liquidation, but reformed after the First World War, playing from Croft Goch Playing Fields.

Kenfig Hill RFC has seen several players progress to represent Wales and the British Lions, including Welsh captain, Jack Bassett.

Club honours

Notable former players

References

  1. "League 1 West Central".
  2. BBC News (8 July 2004). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC. Retrieved 6 October 2008.


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