Croesyceiliog Rugby Football Club is a

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team based in

Croesyceiliog Croesyceiliog (, ''Cockerel's Cross'') is a suburb of Cwmbran, Wales. Housing Croesyceiliog is primarily a residential district and contains a wide variety of housing from Victorian terraces and even older Welsh cottages to property built betw ...

. Today, Croesyceiliog RFC plays in the

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Division One East league and are a feeder club for

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History

Croesyceiliog RFC was founded in 1881 and the first known Club Captain was one G. Morgan who led the side in the 1883/84 season. The side are known locally as the Cockerels, and a Cockerel is depicted on the club's crest. The club has played at several locations during their long history including at one point in a farm-field owned by Jack Walker, a former player, chairman and president of the club. Since the 1960s

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Borough Council have allowed Croesyceiliog RFC to use the facilities at Woodland Road. During 1975, under the chairmanship of Mr Jack Walker, the Rugby Club amalgamated with Croesyceiliog

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Club, and established headquarters at the cricket ground. In 1976, the club applied for, and was granted membership of the Welsh Rugby Union.Croesyceiliog RFC Official website

Club honours

*1998/99 - WRU Division Five East Champions *2000/01 - WRU Division Four East Champions *2015/16 - Ben Francis Cup Winners *2016/17 - WRU Division Two East Champions *2014/15 - World Record Longest Drop Goal - Luke Brown

Notable former players

Clive Burgess Robert Clive Burgess (25 November 1950 - 2 May 2006) was an international rugby union flanker who played for Wales from 1977 to 1982. Burgess was a popular player who had many nicknames some of which were ''Budgie'', ''Animal'' and ''The Steel Cla ...

(9 caps) * Lewk Loder (99 caps)

References

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