Kenfig Hill Rugby Football Club is a

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team from the village of

Kenfig Hill Kenfig Hill () is a village in Bridgend County Borough, South Wales. It is bordered by Pyle to the south-west, Cefn Cribwr to the north-east, North Cornelly to the south and Moel Ton-Mawr mountain to the north. The nearest train station is Py ...

, South

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. Kenfig Hill RFC presently play in 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 ...

Division one west. The club is a member of the

and is a

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for the

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. The club fields a First, Seconds, Youth and Junior teams. A club was first founded at Kenfig in 1897, though not taking the name Kenfig Hill RFC at the time. In 1914 the club, like many teams in the area, went into liquidation, but reformed after the First World War, playing from Croft Goch Playing Fields. Kenfig Hill RFC has seen several players progress to represent

and the British Lions, including Welsh captain,

Jack Bassett Jack Bassett (11 July 1905 – 19 February 1989) was a Welsh international rugby union full back who played club rugby for Penarth. He won 15 caps for Wales and was selected for the 1930 British Lions tour of Australia and New Zealand. He cap ...

Club honours

* 1973-74

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, winners.

Notable former players

* Arthur A. Bassett *

* Cliff Davies * Tim Fauvelbr>
* Gwyn Davies (rugby), Eiryn Gwyn Davies * Raymond Gilesbr>
* Jonathan Humphreys *

Dafydd James Dafydd Rhys James (born 24 July 1975) is a Welsh former rugby union footballer who played on the wing or in the centre. He toured with the British & Irish Lions in 2001. James was born in Mufulira, Zambia, but earned 48 caps for Wales and three ...

* David Morgan Jenkins dual-code international *

Ned Jenkins Ned Jenkins (28 July 1904 – 8 November 1990) was an international rugby union lock who represented Wales and played club rugby for Aberavon. Like teammate Tom Arthur, Jenkins was an amateur boxer. Rugby career Jenkins joined Aberavon in 1925 a ...

(21 caps) * Phillip John O.B.E * Alan John Phillips * Brian Radford *

Aaron Rees Aaron Rees (2 August 1886 — 22 January 1950) was a Welsh international rugby union player. Born in Maesteg, Rees captained his hometown club Maesteg RFC and gained a single Wales cap, as one of their forwards in the one-off match against the 19 ...

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* Craig Warlow * Matthew Wintle * Richard Wintle

References

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