Banwen RFC

Banwen RFC
Full name	Banwen Rugby Football Club
Nickname(s)	Black Dragons
Founded	1947
Location	Banwen, Wales
Ground(s)	Banwen Park (Capacity: 200)
President	Colin Price
Coach(es)	Christopher Lock, Mike Smith and Neil Llewellyn.
League(s)
	Team kit
	Team kit
Official website
	banwen.rfc.wales

Banwen Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Banwen, South Wales. Originally known as Banwen and District they formed in 1947. The club presently play in the Welsh Rugby Union Division Five South Central League and is a feeder club for the Ospreys.^[1]

During the 2007/08 season Banwen RFC failed to raise a team on more than one occasion and were relegated to division five. All matches played against opposition in Division Three South West were declared null and void.^[2]

Club Badge[]

The original club badge is a shield split into three sections; two upper 'quarters' and a lower 'half'. In the top left quarter is a bog flower – symbolic of the flowers in the marsh between Banwen and Coelbren. The top right quarter shows a tree and the lower half houses a white knight astride a horse.^[3]

Club honours[]

WRU Division Three South West 2003-04 - Champions
Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy 2003-04 - Winners

External links[]

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References[]

^ BBC News (8 July 2004). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC. Retrieved 30 May 2008.
^ WRU disciplinary report Sourced 05/06/2008^{[permanent dead link]}
^ clubHouse Website. Sourced 16th Aug 2007 Archived July 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

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

[2] WRU disciplinary report Sourced 05/06/2008^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] ubHouse Website. Sourced 16th Aug 2007 Archived July 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

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