Tydfil Wildcats Rugby League is a Rugby League

Rugby league

Rugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...

 club based in Merthyr Tydfil

Merthyr Tydfil

Merthyr Tydfil is a town in Wales, with a population of about 30,000. Although once the largest town in Wales, it is now ranked as the 15th largest urban area in Wales. It also gives its name to a county borough, which has a population of around 55,000. It is located in the historic county of...

. The club colours are yellow and blue. The home ground was the cage in Troedyrhiw until September 2010 but relocated for the 2011 season to Dowlais RFC

Dowlais RFC

Dowlais Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union club based in Dowlais near Merthyr Tydfil, Wales. They club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Cardiff Blues.....

. The Wildcats play in the Wales Rugby League

Wales Rugby League

Wales Rugby League is the national governing body for rugby league football in Wales.In 1907 The Welsh Northern Rugby Football Union was formed in Wrexham, but the English Northern Rugby Football Union refused it affiliation as they wanted the body located in the south of Wales and the Welsh body...

 conference.

History

Summer season 2008 The club started with 2 teams. Under 13s and Under 15s. The first match played by the club was a close match between at Under 15s between Cardiff Demons

Cardiff Demons

Cardiff Demons RLFC are a rugby league side who play out of St. Albans RFC in the east of Cardiff, Wales. They play in the Welsh Premier of the Rugby League Conference.-History:...

 and Tydfil Wildcats. On the same day the Under 13s played their first match at the Brewery Field Bridgend as a curtain raiser to a Celtic Crusaders

Celtic Crusaders

Crusaders Rugby League were a professional rugby league club based in Bridgend and later in Wrexham, Wales. They played for six seasons in the Rugby Football League competitions, including three years in the Super League from 2009 to 2011....

 (later to become Crusaders

Crusaders

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 in Super League

Super League

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.

Summer season 2009 An Under 17 side was added in this season but was not successful and did not complete the season. An adult side played 2 friendly matches as a taster before entry for the league in the following season.

Summer season 2010 The adult side debuted in the League against Neath Port Talbot Steelers

Neath Port Talbot Steelers

Neath Port Talbot Steelers are a rugby league team based in Port Talbot, West Glamorgan. They play in the Welsh Premier division of the Rugby League Conference.-History:...

 and won the game. Under 13s first of the clubs sides to reach a play off series.

Summer season 2011 Under 14s added for this season.

Links

• Rugby League Conference
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• Merthyr Tydfil RLFC
  Merthyr Tydfil RLFC
  Merthyr Tydfil Rugby League Football Club was a professional rugby league club based in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales playing in the Welsh League and Northern Union. Based at College Field, Merthyr Tydfil were one of the first professional Welsh teams, and folded in 1911 after the failure of the Welsh League...
  
  
• Rugby League Conference Welsh Championship
  Rugby League Conference Welsh Championship
  The Rugby League Conference Welsh Championship is the lower of two Welsh domestic leagues for the sport of rugby league. It is a division of the Rugby League Conference competition which covers all of Great Britain.-History:...
  
  
• Merthyr Tydfil
  Merthyr Tydfil
  Merthyr Tydfil is a town in Wales, with a population of about 30,000. Although once the largest town in Wales, it is now ranked as the 15th largest urban area in Wales. It also gives its name to a county borough, which has a population of around 55,000. It is located in the historic county of...
  
  
• Welsh Conference Junior League
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• History of the Rugby League Conference
  History of the Rugby League Conference
  The Rugby League Conference , also known as the Co-operative Rugby League Conference as a result of sponsorship from The Co-operative Group, was a series of regionally based divisions of amateur rugby league teams spread throughout England, Scotland and Wales.It was founded in 1997 as the Southern...