Rhiwbina Rugby Football Club is a Welsh

Wales

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 rugby union

Rugby union

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 club based in Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina

Rhiwbina is a prosperous northern suburb of Cardiff, capital of Wales. It used to be a separate village: its core is still locally called "the village" and is given a Welsh village appearance by Beulah United Reformed Church at the village crossroads.Capel Beulah/Beulah URC was a daughter chapel...

 a suburb of Cardiff

Cardiff

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 in Wales

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. Rhiwbina RFC is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union

Welsh Rugby Union

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 and is a feeder club for the Cardiff Blues

Cardiff Blues

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Rhiwbina RFC also run a thriving mini and Junior Section with teams from Under 7's up to Youth. They have the largest Junior section of any club in Wales.

History

The club was established on 14 February 1962, when a notice was put up in a Post Office window in Rhiwbina by Jack Treeby. Jack asked for interested people to a meeting and following this meeting the club was formed.

The Squirrel name and logo came about as a result of the newly formed club meeting in the Butchers Arms and seeing beer pump from a local brewery with a Squirrel on it.

Rhiwbina Rugby was awarded full Welsh Rugby Union status in 1975, the nominator's included Pontypridd and Penarth Rugby clubs.

Rhiwbinas previous President was the late Mr Keith Rowlands who was also the President of the WRU and who played for Wales and the British Lions.

Rhiwbina has in recent years exchanged some of its players to clubs in Australia, including former No 8 Phil Greenwood who played in Rhiwbina's 1st XV for many years, playing for Shoalhaven Rugby Union Club, in New South Wales.

First Team Squad

Club honours

• WRU Division Five South East
  WRU Division Five South East
  The Welsh Rugby Union Division Five South East is a rugby union league in Wales first implemented for the 1995/96 season.- Competition:...
  
   2006/07 - Champions (Perfect season P18 W18 D0 L0)
• WRU Division Four South East
  WRU Division Four South East
  The Welsh Rugby Union Division Four South East is a rugby union league in Wales.-Competition:There are 12 clubs in the WRU Division Three South East...
  
  2010/11 - Champions
• East District Cup 2010/11 - Champions