Bleddyn Taylor was a Welsh

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 rugby union

Rugby union

Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...

 player who played club rugby for Swansea RFC

Swansea RFC

Swansea Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. Its home ground is St Helens Rugby and Cricket Ground in Swansea. The team is sometimes known as The Whites because of the primary colour of the team strip...

, Pontypool RFC

Pontypool RFC

Pontypool Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team based in the town of Pontypool. Pontypool RFC has a long history within Welsh rugby and is one of the most notable clubs, being present at the formation of the Welsh Rugby Union in 1881, but disbanding before the turn of the 19th century...

, Neath RFC

Neath RFC

Neath Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club which plays in the Welsh Premier Division. The club's home ground is The Gnoll, Neath. The first team is known as the Welsh All Blacks because of the team colours: black with only a white cross pattée as an emblem...

, Llanelli RFC

Llanelli RFC

Llanelli Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club founded in 1875 and its senior team is one of the leading club sides in Wales. The club began the 2008-09 season at their historic home ground of Stradey Park in Llanelli, but moved in November 2008 to the new Parc y Scarlets in adjacent...

, and Dunvant RFC

Dunvant RFC

| teamname = Dunvant RFC | fullname = Dunvant Rugby Football Club | nickname = "The Vant", "Green & Red Hoops" | location = Dunvant, Wales | countryflag = Wales | founded = 1888 | ground = Broadacre | capacity = 3000...

. He also represented Wales A, Wales Sevens

Wales national rugby union team (sevens)

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, and the Barbarians

Barbarian F.C.

The Barbarian Football Club, usually referred to as the Barbarians and nicknamed the "Baa-Baas", is an invitational rugby union team based in Britain...

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Club career

Taylor joined Neath as a 17 year old in 1976, as an outside half but soon moved to Pontypool RFC, which was soon to become a very hard side to beat under the coaching of Ray Prosser

Ray Prosser

Thomas Raymond 'Ray' Prosser was a Welsh international rugby union prop who played club rugby for Pontypool and was capped 22 times for Wales. Prosser also represented the British Lions in their 1959 tour of Australia and New Zealand, and played invitational rugby for the Barbarians...

. Taylor later described this move as "out of the frying pan, and into the fire". During his time here Taylor moved to the wing with great success, and was part of the 1983 Pontypool side to win the Schweppes Cup

WRU Challenge Cup

The WRU Challenge Cup , or its full name of the Welsh Rugby Union Challenge Cup, is Wales' premier knockout rugby union competition and is organised by the Welsh Rugby Union....

. Taylor enjoyed a brief stint at Llanelli RFC before choosing to move to Swansea RFC, where in 1990 he topped the Welsh Premier Division

Welsh Premier Division

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try scoring table. Taylor is most remembered for his time here, becoming an integral part of a very successful side. He then made a move back to Pontypool as the game turned professional, for his last season of top-flight rugby. He later became player/coach of Dunvant RFC. During his time there, they won the Welsh division 1 and became a formidable side, eventually beating Swansea RFC, one of the 'Big' Welsh clubs at the time.