Tondu RFC
| Full name | Tondu Rugby Football Club | |
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| Nickname | The Waterwheelers | |
| Founded | 1880 | |
| Location | Aberkenfig, Wales | |
| Ground | Pandy Park | |
| President | Mr Mark Thomas | |
| Coach(es) | Mathew Tatchel, Hywel Davies, Aaron Warner, Geraint Long, Simon King & James Goss | |
| Captain | Sam Grabham | |
| League | WRU Championship | |
| 2024/25 | 9th[1] | |
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Tondu Rugby Football Club is a rugby union team from the village of Aberkenfig, South Wales. They presently play in the Welsh Rugby Union Championship and are a feeder club for the Ospreys.[2]
During the early 1990s Tondu RFC dominated the Glamorgan County Silver Ball competition, winning the trophy in 1991, 1992 and 1993. Tondu are the joint leading winners of the competition having now won it on four occasions.
An ad first appeared in "The Western Mail" on 22 November 1879, announcing the formation of the Tondu Football Club.[3]
Club badge
[edit | edit source]The club badge consists of a shield housing three Celtic crosses and a waterwheel symbolising the water mill that once stood on the River Ogmore.[4]
Club honours
[edit | edit source]- Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy - 1986-87 Winners
- Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy - 1990-91 Winners
- Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy - 1991-92 Winners
- Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy - 1993-94 Winners
- District Div 1 cup winners
2023/24
- Welsh youth cup winners - 1989/90 2011/12 2022/23
- Welsh youth plate winners - 2017/18
Osprey youth league winners - 2021/22 2022/23
Notable former players
[edit | edit source]- see also Category:Tondu RFC players
The following are former Tondu players who have been capped at international level.
- Wales Keith Bradshaw
- Wales J. P. R. Williams
- Wales Neil Boobyer
- Wales Ian Boobyer
- Wales Gavin Thomas
- Wales Lee Byrne
- Wales Owen Watkin
- United States Ryan Matyas
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External links
[edit | edit source]References
[edit | edit source]- ^ WRU Official Site
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- ^ Clubhouse website Archived 2011-07-23 at the Wayback Machine
First record of Mini & Juniors: https://newspapers.library.wales/view/3465851/3465854/83/Tondu%20Football