Pontypool RFC
Full name	Pontypool Rugby Football Club
Location	Pontypool, Wales
Ground	Pontypool Park,
Capacity	8800
League	WRU Division One East
2006-07	4th
Official website
www.pontypoolrugby.co.uk

Pontypool Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team currently playing in the WRU Division One East Their home ground is Pontypool Park, (Pontypool). Pontypool (Welsh: Pont-y-pŵl) is a town of approximately 36,000 people in the traditional county of Monmouthshire, southern Wales. ... This article is about the country. ... Pontypool Park (Welsh: Parc Pont-y-pwl) is a 150 acre park that was previously the grounds of Pontypool House, Pontypool, Wales. ... The Welsh Rugby Union Division One East (also called the Asda Division One East for sponsorship reasons) is a rugby union league in Wales first implemented for the 1995/96 season. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Wales. ... The Welsh Rugby Union Division One East (also called the Asda Division One East for sponsorship reasons) is a rugby union league in Wales first implemented for the 1995/96 season. ... Pontypool Park (Welsh: Parc Pont-y-pwl) is a 150 acre park that was previously the grounds of Pontypool House, Pontypool, Wales. ... Pontypool (Welsh: Pont-y-pŵl) is a town of approximately 36,000 people in the traditional county of Monmouthshire, southern Wales. ...

The great days of Pontypool RFC were in the 1970s and 1980s, when Ray Prosser was coach for eighteen years from 1969. An away match at Pontypool was a daunting experience for even the strongest sides during this period. Their best ever season was probably 1987-88, when they won 35 matches out of 36, scoring 1011 points.

The club's strength during its glory days was its forwards, particularly the legendary "Pontypool Front Row" celebrated in song by Max Boyce. The Pontypool Front Row also known as the "Viet Gwent", (motto "We may go down; we may go up; but we never go back") was made up of Graham Price, Bobby Windsor and Charlie Faulkner and played as a unit 19 times for Wales, only finishing on the losing side four times. They also played as a unit for the British and Irish Lions in several midweek matches, though never in a test. Max Boyce, MBE (born 7 September 1945) is a Welsh comedian and singer, who came to national fame during the mid-1970s as a result of the phenomenal success of the Welsh rugby team of that period. ... First match Otago 3 - 8 Lions (as Great Britain) (28 April 1888) Largest win Manawatu 6 - 109 Lions (28 June 2005) Worst defeat New Zealand 38 - 6 Lions (16 July 1983) Jonny Wilkinson taking a penalty for the Lions The British and Irish Lions (until 2001 known as the British...

Notable former players

• David Bishop
• Eddie Butler
• Ray Cale
• Terry Cobner
• Charlie Faulkner
• Chris Huish
• Staff Jones
• John Perkins
• Graham Price
• Mark Ring
• Jeff Squire
• Bobby Windsor
• Mark Jones

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Club Honours

• Welsh cup 1983

The WRU Challenge Cup (currently known as the Minolta Cup due to sponsorship) is Wales premier knockout rugby union competition. ...

References

• David Parry-Jones (1989). The rugby clubs of Wales. Stanley Paul. ISBN 0-09-173850-4. 

External links

• Pontypool RFC
• Welsh Rugby Union