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Bridgend Athletic RFC

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Bridgend Athletic RFC

Full name

Bridgend Athletic Rugby Football Club Ltd.

Nickname(s)

"The Ath"

Founded

1972

Location

Bridgend, Wales

Ground(s)

Newbridge Fields,Bridgend.

Chairman

Philip Rees

Coach(es)

John Apsee

League(s)

National League Division 1 West (central)

2020/21

season curtailed Covid.^[1]

Team kit

Official website

www.bridgendathleticrfc.wales

Bridgend Athletic RFC are a Welsh rugby union club based in Bridgend in South Wales. They are members of the Welsh Rugby Union playing in the National League Division 1 West and are a feeder club for the Ospreys.^[2]

History

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Bridgend Athletic RFC was reformed in 1972, after the Bridgend Youth team members in that year wanted to form a senior team so they didn't have to go their separate ways into senior rugby, hence the formation of the club which had previously existed up to 1939. The club become full members of the Welsh Rugby Union in 1983. 1989 saw the creation of the club's mini and junior section which is renowned for being among the best in the country. The club were promoted from Division 5 Central in 2001, were WRU Division Four East Champions in 2002, were then promoted from Division 3 to WRU Division Two West in 2003 through the league organisation and were promoted to Division 1 in 2004. They have suffered relegation from that league once, but recovered in 2009, winning WRU Division Two West. In 2012 they were included in the newly formed Swalec Championship, where they narrowly lost their opening game 28-29 to Bonymaen.

Club honours

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2001-02 WRU Division Four East - Champions
2008-09 WRU Division Two West- Champions
2008-09 Ospreys Cup Under 16 - Champions
2008-09 Ospreys Cup Under 15 - Champions
2008-09 Ospreys Cup Under 14 - Champions
2008-09 Ospreys Cup Under 13 - Champions
2008-09 Ospreys Cup Under 12 - Champions
2014-15 [(Ospreys Cup)] Under 15 - Champions
2015-16 [(National Youth Cup)] Youth - Champions

Notable players

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Lee Byrne - British & Irish Lions, Wales RU, Ospreys, Clermont Auvergne, Dragons
Rhys Webb - Ospreys & Wales RU, British & Irish Lions
Scott Baldwin - Ospreys & Wales RU
Phil Price- Dragons
Tom Habberfield - Ospreys / Wales U20/Wales 7s
Matthew Morgan - Ospreys / Wales U20. Wales RU
Luke Morgan - Ospreys / Wales U20 / Wales 7s
Nicky Griffiths - Wales 7s
Lloyd Evans - Wales 7s
Adrian Durston -Bridgend & Wales RU
Matt Jones - Ospreys & Wales RU
Tom Prydie - Dragons & Wales RU
Josh Navidi - Cardiff Blues & Wales RU, British & Irish Lions

Coaches

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Director of Coaching: John Apsee
Technical Consultant: Gerald Williams
Backs Coach: Stuart Morris
Forwards Coach: Dai Williams

References

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^ "WRU official site". Archived from the original on 11 August 2014. Retrieved 29 May 2012.
^ BBC News (8 July 2004). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC. Retrieved 18 May 2008.