Glamorgan Wanderers RFC

The Glamorgan Wanderers Rugby Football Club is a rugby union club that plays in the Welsh Premier Division. The home games are played in the Memorial Ground in Cardiff.

History

The Glamorgan Wanderers were founded in 1893 under the name Old Monktonians. 1913 changed the name to the present one. By the year 1952 they played on seven different places until they stayed at Memorial Ground permanently. The 1980s were the most successful era of the club, which it once succeeded in this decade, to take second place in the Welsh championship. 1987 beat the Wanderers the national teams of the United States and Portugal. In the first season the Welsh Premier Division, the Wanderers were part of the first Welsh League, but had to dismount and remained for years unterklassig. In 2005, the promotion back to the Premier Division succeeded.

Since 2003, the club player for the Cardiff Blues, one of four Welsh teams in the Magners League multinational.

Well-known former players

  • Pat Daniels
  • Cowboy Davies
  • Glyn Davies
  • Andy Powell
  • Robin Sowden -Taylor
  • Sam Warburton
  • Gerald Williams
  • Owain Williams
  • John Yapp
United States national rugby union team Portugal national rugby union team Andy Powell (rugby) Robin Sowden-Taylor Aberavon RFC Bedwas RFC Carmarthen Quins RFC Cross Keys RFC Llandovery RFC Llanelli RFC Neath RFC Newport RFC Pontypridd RFC Swansea RFC
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