Trinant Rugby Football Club is a 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...

 team from the village of Trinant, Newport

Newport

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 in Wales

Wales

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. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union

Welsh Rugby Union

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 and is a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons

Newport Gwent Dragons

Newport Gwent Dragons are one of the four professional Rugby Union regional teams in Wales. They are jointly owned by Newport RFC and the Welsh Rugby Union and play all their home games at Rodney Parade, Newport. They play in the RaboDirect Pro12, the Anglo-Welsh Cup and the Heineken Cup...

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Rugby had been played in Trinant before 1956, but proof of the existence of Trinant RFC can not be substantiated before this date. The club was founded by Albert Clement, who had played rugby in the town in the 1940s, and Ray Morgan, who became secretary. As the club was at this point not affiliated to any union, they had to write to other teams to arrange friendly matches, and out of 75 teams contacted 31 accepted the invitation. The first club to play against the newly formed Trinant RFC was Hafodorynys. Team colours were decided and the club chose black with white hoops.

When news that Trinant had reformed began to travel, many local players from rival clubs, requested to move to Trinant. This resulted in a bitter complaint from the secretary of Oakdale

Oakdale RFC

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 when eight of their players switched clubs.

Club badge

The Trinant badge consists of a shield split into quarters. The quarters hold:

• The Monmouthsire portcullis with three brooks flowing through it.
• The black and white stripes of the club's home colours.
• The Prince of Wales's feathers
  Prince of Wales's feathers
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• The green and black stripes of the club's second colours.