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Felinfoel RFC
Felinfoel RFC is a Welsh rugby union club representing the town of Felinfoel, Llanelli, West Wales. Felinfoel RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for Llanelli Scarlets. Club honours * WRU Division Two West - 2007/08 - Champions. (Perfect season, 22 games played - 22 games won) Notable former players The following players have represented Felinfoel and have been capped at senior international level * Phil Bennett OBE, (29 caps), British Lions, Wales & Llanelli captain. * Brian Butler, Wales Youth, Llanelli & Bradford Northern Rugby League * William Harries "Bill" Clement (6 caps) * Brinley E. Evans * Bryn Evans * Ian Stuart Gallacher, Llanelli, Wales Youth, Wales, Bradford Northern,R.L. * Elvet Jones * Roy Mathias, Llanelli, Wales Youth, Wales, St.Helens RL & Great Britain Rugby League. * William "Bill" Morris (3 caps) * David Nicholas, Wales Schoolboys, Wales Youth, Wales, Llanelli (4 caps) * Gareth Rees, Glamorgan Cricket * Colin Step ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felinfoel
Felinfoel (pronounced ) is a small village and electoral ward on the River Lliedi on the northern border of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, West Wales, with a population of about 2,000. The Felinfoel Brewery, home of Double Dragon Ale, is the oldest in Wales. It was the first brewery outside the US to sell beer in cans. The village is renowned for its close community and ties with many famous names that have starred in past Llanelli RFC line-ups. The rugby union fly-half Phil Bennett, who played for Llanelli, Wales and the British Lions, was one of Felinfoel's most famous residents until his death in 2022. Felinfoel is part of the Llanelli Rural community. It is generally considered a suburb of the town of Llanelli. Local amenities Felinfoel has a butcher's, a bakery, a fish and chip shop, locally produced real ale from the historic Felinfoel Brewery and shop, a Co-op supermarket and a computer shop within the village. It is a small village with a parish church and N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvet Jones
Elfed Lewis "Elvet" Jones MBE (29 April 1912 – 5 October 1989) was a Welsh rugby union whose international career was curtailed due to the outbreak of the Second World War. He played club rugby for Llanelli, and in 1938 he was selected to tour South Africa with the British Isles team. Rugby career Jones began playing rugby as a schoolboy for his local county school, joining Llanelli Harlequins as a senior. By the 1932/33 season he was playing for first-class team Llanelli, ending that season as top try scorer for the club with 15. Jones was again highest try scorer for Llanelli in the following season, this time ending with 23 tries. In the 1934/35 season Jones continued to score regularly, but his 16 try tally was surpassed by fellow wing Bill Clement. The next season Jones regained his leading try scorer title with 20, and he also experienced his first international opposition as the touring New Zealand team came to Llanelli on 22 October 1935. Jones was selected to face th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley Williams (Welsh Rugby Player)
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Ray Williams (Welsh Rugby Union Player)
Henry Raymond "Ray" Williams (13 November 1927 – 5 January 2014) was a Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Felinfoel and Llanelli. Williams was capped three times for Wales, playing between 1954 and 1958. He was also a mentor credited with a significant contribution to the success of Barry John Barry John (born 6 January 1945) is a former Welsh rugby union fly-half who played, during the amateur era of the sport, in the 1960s, and early 1970s. John began his rugby career as a schoolboy playing for his local team Cefneithin RFC befor .... References Bibliography * * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Ray 1927 births 2014 deaths Alumni of the University of Exeter Felinfoel RFC players Llanelli RFC players Rugby union players from Felinfoel Rugby union wings Wales international rugby union players Welsh rugby union players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ossie Williams
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William Watts (rugby Player)
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John Warlow
Douglas John Warlow (born 13 February 1939) is a Welsh former dual-code international rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1960s and 1970s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Wales, and at club level for Felinfoel RFC and Llanelli RFC, as a prop, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Great Britain, and at club level for St. Helens (two spells), Widnes and the Rochdale Hornets, as a or . Background Warlow was born in Dafen, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Playing career International honours John Warlow won a cap for Wales (RU) while at Llanelli RFC in 1962 against Ireland, and won caps for Great Britain (RL) while at St. Helens in 1964 against France, in the 1968 Rugby League World Cup against New Zealand, and France, and while at Widnes in 1971 against France (two matches), and New Zealand. Championship final appearances John Warlow played right- in St. Helens' 35-12 victory over Halifax in the Championship Fina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathaniel Walters
Nathaniel "Danny" Walters (23 May 1875 – 22 February 1956) Scrum.com was a forward who played club rugby for and international rugby for . Rugby career Walters was awarded his one and only international cap while representing his home team of Llanelli. He was chosen for the opening game of the |
Watcyn Thomas
Watcyn Thomas (16 January 1906 – 10 August 1977) was a Welsh rugby union player who captained Wales in the early 1930s. Thomas was born in Llanelli and educated at Llanelli County School and at University College, Swansea. While still at school he was the first captain of the newly formed Welsh Secondary Schools XV in 1924. He then joined Llanelli RFC, moving to Swansea in December 1927. A teacher by profession, he moved to St Helens to teach at Cowley Grammar School in 1929, and played rugby for Waterloo and Lancashire, captaining Lancashire to the championship in 1934–35. After Llanelli's victory against the touring New Zealand Maoris, he won his first cap for Wales against England in 1927. Against Scotland in 1931 he played for 70 minutes with a broken collarbone and scored a try. As captain he led Wales to victory over England at Twickenham in 1933, overcoming the "Twickenham bogey" that had haunted Wales. However, after the match against Ireland the same year, Thomas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Stephens
Colin J. Stephens (born 29 November 1969) is a Welsh former rugby union player who played as a fly-half for Llanelli RFC and Leeds RUFC. Born in Morriston, Swansea, he was educated at Ysgol y Strade and played representative rugby for Wales Schools. He made his senior debut for Llanelli in January 1988, playing six times before the end of the 1987–88 season (four at fly-half, one at centre and one at full-back). He began the 1988–89 season sharing the number 10 shirt with Wales international Jonathan Davies, but following Davies' departure to rugby league at the start of 1989, Stephens took over on a permanent basis. With Stephens at fly-half, Llanelli won the WRU Challenge Cup three years in a row from 1991 to 1993, the last of which was won as part of a league and cup double. In November 1992, Stephens was part of the Llanelli side that beat the touring Australia national team Sport is an important part of Australia that dates back to the early colonial period. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gareth Rees (cricketer)
Gareth Peter Rees (born 8 April 1985) is a Welsh cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-pace bowler who plays for Glamorgan. Rees was born in Swansea. He represented Wales U17s at rugby and was a prominent member of the successful Felinfoel Youth Rugby team. He graduated with first class honours in Maths and Physics from the University of Bath. In 2003 Rees played for Wales Minor Counties and Glamorgan's 2nd XI. He finally made his County Championship debut against Gloucestershire at Cheltenham. He won his county cap in 2009. Rees also represented the MCC in the opening game of the 2012 season against Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a Historic counties of England, historic county, Ceremonial County, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significa .... By the end of the 2013 season, Rees is still going strong for Glamorgan, having scored tw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Nicholas (rugby Union)
David Nicholas, (born 1 December 1991) is an Australian cyclist. He won silver and gold medals at the 2012 London Paralympics and a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics and a bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics. Personal David Aron Nicholas was born on 1 December 1991 in Rockhampton. He has cerebral palsy. Other sports he participates include karate. he lived in the Queensland town of Proserpine. where he worked as IT Support Officer at Whitsunday Regional Council. Nicholas now lives in Bathurst NSW, where he lives with his fiancé Emilie Miller, herself an accomplished international athlete. Cycling Nicholas is a C3 classified cyclist who competes in road and track events. At the 2011 UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships in Roskilde, Denmark, he won the gold medal in the Men's Time Trial C3 and silver medal in the Men's Road Race C3. In 2012, he participated in the UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships in Los Angeles, where he finished first in the C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
