Cilfynydd Rugby Football Club is 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...

 club based in Cilfynydd

Cilfynydd

Cilfynydd is a village in South Wales a mile from the South Wales Valleys town of Pontypridd, and 13 miles north of the capital city Cardiff.- History :...

 in Pontypridd

Pontypridd

Pontypridd is both a community and a principal town of Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales and is situated 12 miles/19 km north of the Welsh capital city of Cardiff...

, Wales

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...

. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union

Welsh Rugby Union

The Welsh Rugby Union is the governing body of rugby union in Wales, recognised by the International Rugby Board.The union's patron is Queen Elizabeth II, and her grandson Prince William of Wales became the Vice Royal Patron of the Welsh Rugby Union as of February 2007.-History:The roots of the...

 and is a feeder club for the Cardiff Blues

Cardiff Blues

Cardiff Blues are one of the four professional Welsh regional rugby union teams. Based in Cardiff, the capital of Wales, the team have played at Cardiff City Stadium since the start of the 2009/2010 season and are owned by Cardiff Rugby Football Club....

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Club badge

The Cilfynydd RFC badge consists of a yellow and black shield split into quarters. The four quarters each contain an icon symbolising the culture of Cilfynydd; the Old Bridge, Pontypridd

Old Bridge, Pontypridd

The Old Bridge , which is now also known as the William Edwards Bridge or Pontypridd Bridge, was originally known as the New Bridge or Newbridge, it is an arched single-span footbridge that spans the River Taff at Pontypridd in Wales. The bridge was built by William Edwards and was completed in 1756...

, the Welsh flower, the daffodil, a coal mine winding tower

Headframe

A headframe is the structural frame above an underground mine shaft. Modern headframes are built out of steel, concrete or a combination of both...

 and finally the Prince of Wales's feathers

Prince of Wales's feathers

The Prince of Wales's feathers is the heraldic badge of the Heir Apparent to the British and Commonwealth Realms thrones. It consists of three white feathers emerging from a gold coronet. A ribbon below the coronet bears the motto Ich dien...

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Club honours

• Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy
  Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy
  The Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy , is a Welsh rugby union competition open to all non-premier Welsh Rugby Union clubs playing in the Glamorganshire area....
  
   1983/84 - Winners
• Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy
  Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy
  The Glamorgan County Silver Ball Trophy , is a Welsh rugby union competition open to all non-premier Welsh Rugby Union clubs playing in the Glamorganshire area....
  
   1984/85 - Winners

Notable former players

Iorrie Isaacs

Iorrie Isaacs

Iorwerth 'Iorrie' Isaacs was a Welsh dual-code international rugby flanker who played international rugby for Wales. At club level he played rugby union for Pontypridd, Cardiff and later rugby league for Wales, and Leeds....

 1933 Stanley Powell

Stanley Powell

Stanley "Stan" J. Powell was a rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s, '40s and '50s who at club level played rugby union for Cilfynydd RFC, and at representative level played rugby league for Wales, and Lancashire, and at club level for St...

 1935 Maldwyn James

Maldwyn James

David Maldwyn James was a Welsh international rugby union player.Born in Cilfynydd, Glamorgan, he attended Pontypridd Boys Grammar School before working underground as a collier for the Albion Colliery, Cilfynydd...

 1947 Glyn Davies

Glyn Davies (rugby player)

Glyn Davies was a Welsh international rugby union fly-half who played club rugby for a large selection of clubs but most notably for Pontypridd and Cambridge University. He won eleven international caps for Wales including a win over the touring 1947 Australia team...

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