Felinfoel RFC is a Welsh

rugby union Rugby union football, commonly known simply as rugby union in English-speaking countries and rugby 15/XV in non-English-speaking world, Anglophone Europe, or often just rugby, is a Contact sport#Terminology, close-contact team sport that orig ...

club representing the town of

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 old ...

Llanelli ; ) is a market town and community (Wales), community in Carmarthenshire and the Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county of Dyfed, Wales. It is on the estuary of the River Loughor and is the largest town in the Principal areas of Wales, ...

West Wales West Wales () is a region of Wales. It has various definitions, either covering Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire, which historically comprised the Welsh principality of ''Deheubarth'', and an alternative definition is to include Swa ...

. Felinfoel RFC is a member of the

Welsh Rugby Union The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU; ) is the governing body of rugby union in the country of Wales, recognised by the sport's international governing body, World Rugby. The WRU is responsible for the running of rugby in Wales, overseeing 320 member clu ...

and is a

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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 Philip Bennett (24 October 1948 – 12 June 2022) was a Welsh rugby union player who played as a fly-half for Llanelli RFC and the Wales national rugby union team, Wales national team. He began his career in 1966, and a year later he had taken ...

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, (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 Stephens, Wales Schoolboys, Wales, Llanelli * Watcyn Thomas * Nathaniel "Danny" Walters * John Douglas Warlow Llanelli, Wales, St.Helens R.L. * William Watts * Ossie Williams * Henry Raymond "Ray" Williams * Stanley "Stan" Williams

References

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