Felinfoel RFC
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Felinfoel RFC 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 representing the town of Felinfoel
Felinfoel
Felinfoel is a small village and community council ward on the River Lliedi on the northern border of Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, West Wales, with a population of about 2,000.The Felinfoel Brewery, home of Double Dragon Ale, is the oldest in Wales...

, Llanelli
Llanelli
Llanelli , the largest town in both the county of Carmarthenshire and the preserved county of Dyfed , Wales, sits on the Loughor estuary on the West Wales coast, approximately west-north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarthen. The town is famous for its proud rugby...

, West Wales
West Wales
West Wales is the western area of Wales.Some definitions of West Wales include only Pembrokeshire, Ceredigion and Carmarthenshire, an area which historically comprised the Welsh principality of Deheubarth., an area called "South West Wales" in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics....

. Felinfoel RFC 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 Llanelli Scarlets
Llanelli Scarlets
The Scarlets are one of the four professional Welsh regional rugby union teams. Based in Llanelli, south-west Wales the team play at the Parc y Scarlets stadium. They play in the RaboDirect Pro12, as well as competing in the LV= Cup and the Heineken Cup...

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Club honours

  • WRU Division Two West - 2007/08 - Champions. (Perfect season, 22 games played - 22 games won)

Notable past players

Phil Bennett
Phil Bennett
Phillip Bennett was a Welsh international rugby union fly half from 1969 to 1978. His flair and range of tricks, including his famous sidestep and swerve, meant he was a firm favourite with crowds.-Rugby career:...

 OBE
Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...

, (29 caps) Brian Butler
Brian Butler
Brian L. Butler is a Welsh former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s and '70s who at representative level has played rugby union for Wales XV, and at club level for Felinfoel RFC, and Llanelli RFC, playing at Prop, i.e...

, Wales Youth, Llanelli & Bradford Northern Rugby League William Harries "Bill" Clement
Bill Clement (rugby player)
William Harries "Bill" Clement OBE MC TD was a Welsh international wing who played club rugby for Llanelli and was capped six times for Wales. Clement was described as a staunch tackler with speed and a good turn of pace; and after his appearance for the British Isles was seen as the best...

 (6 caps) Brinley E. Evans Bryn Evans Ian Stuart Gallacher
Stuart Gallacher
Ian Stuart Gallacher is a Welsh former dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s and '70s who at representative level has played rugby union for Wales, at invitational level for Barbarian F.C., and at club level for Felinfoel RFC, and Llanelli RFC,...

 Elvet Jones
Elvet Jones
Elfed Lewis "Elvet" Jones MBE was a Welsh rugby union whose international career was curtailed due to the outbreak of the Second World War...

 Roy Mathias
Roy Mathias
Roy Mathias is a Welsh former dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league and footballer of the 1960s, '70s and '80s who at representative level has played rugby union for Wales, and at club level for Felinfoel RFC, and Llanelli RFC, playing at Wing, i.e...

 William "Bill" Morris
Bill Morris (rugby player)
William "Bill" Morris was a Welsh international rugby union forward who played for club rugby for Llanelli and international rugby for Wales. He was the uncle of Welsh boxer Gipsy Daniels.-Rugby career:...

 (3 caps) David Nicholas, Wales Schoolboys, Wales Youth, Wales, Llanelli (4 caps) Gareth Rees
Gareth Rees (cricketer)
Gareth Peter Rees is a Welsh cricketer. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm medium-pace bowler who plays for Glamorgan....

, Glamorgan Cricket Colin Stephens, Wales Schoolboys, Wales, Llanelli Watcyn Thomas
Watcyn Thomas
Watcyn Thomas was a Welsh rugby union player who captained Wales in the early 1930s.Thomas was born in Llanelli and educated at Llanelli County School and at University College, Swansea. While still at school he was the first captain of the newly formed Welsh Secondary Schools XV in 1924. He then...

 Nathaniel "Danny" Walters
Nathaniel Walters
Nathaniel "Danny" Walters was a Welsh rugby union forward who played club rugby for Llanelli and international rugby for Wales.-Rugby career:...

 John Warlow Douglas
John Warlow
Douglas John Warlow is a Welsh former dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s and '70s who at representative level has played rugby union for Wales, and at club level for Felinfoel RFC, and Llanelli RFC, playing at Prop forward, i.e...

 William Watts Ossie Williams Henry Raymond "Ray" Williams
Ray Williams (rugby player)
Henry Raymond "Ray" Williams is a former Welsh international rugby union wing who played club rugby for Felinfoel and Llanelli. Williams was capped three times for Wales, playing between 1954 and 1958.-References:...

 Stanley Williams
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