Mold Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the town of Mold, North Wales. They presently play in the

Welsh Rugby Union The Welsh Rugby Union (WRU; cy, Undeb Rygbi Cymru) is the Sports governing body, 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 ...

Division Two North League. Mold Rugby Club is a members' run club. They are based at their Chester Road Ground, within 1/4 mile of Mold town centre. There are currently over 500 playing and non-playing members varying in all ages from aspiring internationals aged as young as 6, through to life members. Mold RFC have both Mini and Junior sections which run teams from under 7s through to under 16s. There is also a very successful intermediate Youth team and four senior teams consisting of Veterans, 3rd's, 2nd's and 1st team. The club has a history of both successful teams and individuals, and have provided players at youth level, a number of whom are now involved at North Wales Academy, Scarlet's/Osprey's region and national representative levels. Players such as James King and Haydn Pugh at the

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and Rob McCusker at the Scarlets. Rhys Williams is with Salford Red Devils Rugby League club playing in

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. In 2012, two tries in a fixture against France saw Williams overtake Iestyn Harris to become Wales' all-time leading try scorer. As well as producing players the club has also helped develop coaches the most successful of which being former club chairman Dennley Issac with Wales Youth. There is substantial Junior and Mini representation at N E Wales Schools and Gogledd Cymru at all age group levels (U12 upwards).

History

The club was formed mainly by teaching staff who moved from south Wales to the area to take up teaching positions. Despite the club being formed during the 1934-35 season, no teams were put out between 1958 and 1974. During this period, many local players went to play for Ruthin, but by 1969 discussions were taking place to start a team at Mold. In 1974, following a series of meetings, a youth team was set up, with players from the over-subscribed youth set up at Ruthin moving to Mold. Flintshire County Council granted permission for the club to play on the ground and the headteacher of Bryn Coch school allowed the use of the school's changing rooms. By 1976, the club had grown to have two senior teams and a youth team.

Club honours

* 2005-06 WRU Division Four North - Champions Undefeated * 2006-07 WRU Division Four North champions * 2006-07 North Wales Cup winners * 2022-23 WRU Division Two Cup Winners

Club history

Past players Robin McBryde – Wales/British and Irish Lions

Rob McCusker Robert McCusker (born 10 December 1985) is a Welsh former rugby union player, who played across the back row. McCusker began his career with the Scarlets, and also played for London Irish and the Ospreys (rugby union), Ospreys before retiring. Mc ...

– Wales Rhys Williams – Wales Rugby League Past club chairpersons 1974–1977 R M Taylor 1977–1980 A Evans 1980–1981 J Ambrose 1981–1988 C S Mapp 1988–1993 R F Jones 1993–1997 D George-Jones 1997–1998 J Hirrell 1998–2002 M Lukey 2002–2005 G Flint 2005–2009 D Isaac 2009–present T Johnson Past Club Presidents 1974–1978 D V Leadbeater 1978–1993 H A Anderson 1993–2000 R F Jones 2000–2005 M Farmer Q.C. 2005–2009 J Jeffrey 2009–present G Williams Life members Q. R. H. Dodd A. Evans B. Jones R. F. Jones A. Lowndes G. Lynch R. McBryde E. Rothwell R. Stevens Club colours 1994 B Wynne 1995 J Jeffrey 1996 Parry 1996 V White 1996 G Bellis 1996 R Buckler 1997 T Fuller 1997 M Lukey 1998 R J Lamb 1998 H Anderson 1998 W Jones 2000 J Hughes 2009 C Hughes 2010 E Kirby Past club captains 1974–1975 – C Davies 1975–1976 – L L Evans 1976–1978 – C Mapp 1978–1980 – J Barker 1980–1981 – P Roach 1981–1983 – D Morgan 1983–1984 – D George-Jones 1984–1985 – M Morris 1985–1986 – K Catherall 1986–1988 – J Goggin 1988–1989 – M Ferguson 1989–1990 – M Davies 1990–1991 – P Higginson 1991–1993 – W Jones 1993–1995 – H Mitchell 1995–1996 – R Lloyd 1996–1997 – M Davies 1997–1998 – H Mitchell 1998–2001 – E Whitley 2001–2003 – A Roberts 2003–2004 – J Griffiths 2004–2005 – J Studley 2005–2007 – S Henshaw 2007–2010 – J Shirley 2010–present – R Whalley Representative honours 1981 Wales Districts – Brynley Wynne 1989 North Wales Under 23 – David Trevelyan Roberts 1989 RAF Under 21 – David Trevelyan Roberts 1989 Combined Services Under 21 – David Trevelyan Roberts 1989 Wales Schools – Clarke Goodwin 1990 Wales Youth – Clarke Goodwin 1991 Wales Under 21 – Robin McBryde 1993 Wales A – Robin McBryde 1993 Wales Schools – Luke Skeffington 1994 Wales – Robin McBryde 1994 Wales U20 – Colin Ellis 1995 Wales U20 – Mark Shields 1997 Combined Services U20 – Mark Shields 1997 Combined Services U20 – Mike Roberts 1998 Royal Navy U21 – Mike Roberts 1998 Army U21 – Christian Badham 1998 Combined Services U21 – Christian Badham 1999 Army U21 – Mark Shields 2001 International Barbarians – Richard Scott 2001 British & Irish Lions – Robin McBryde 2006 Wales U18 – Hadyn Pugh 2006 Wales U21 – Rob McCusker 2006 Wales Colleges – Ryan Forshaw 2007 Wales 7's – Rob McCusker 2007 Wales U19 – Hadyn Pugh 2008 Wales U18 – James King 2008 Wales Rugby League – Rhys Williams 2009 Wales U20 – James King 2009 Wales Rugby League U18 – Joe Sproston 2010 Wales – Rob McCusker 2011 Wales Presidents XV U18 – Alex Schwarz 2011 Wales U16 – Luke Williams 2011 Wales U16 – Rhys Williams 2011 Wales U18 – Alex Schwarz 2011 Wales Rugby League Students – Joe Sproston 2012 Wales Rugby League Dragonhearts – Ollie Hughes

References

{{Rugby Wales links Rugby union teams in Wales Mold, Flintshire