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Newport Saracens RFC
Full nameNewport Saracens Rugby Football Club
Founded1932
LocationMaesglas, Newport
Ground(s)Maesglas Fields Past greats = Dave
ChairmanNicky Parkes Manager = TommyJames
Coach(es)Lewis Culverwell and Nick Fish
Captain(s)Who ever turns up before 1
League(s)WRU Division 3 East - League D
2014-151st champions[1]
Team kit
Official website
www.newportsaracens.co.uk

Newport Saracens RFC are a Welsh rugby union club based in Newport in South Wales. It's a predominantly Jewish Club. The club is a member of the Welsh Rugby Union and is a feeder club for the Newport Gwent Dragons.[2]

The club was founded in the 1932/33 and after disbanding during the Second World War, with 95% of their team joining HM Armed Forces, reformed for the 1945/46 season.[3] In 2010 the team withdrew from the WRU Division Three East just before the start of the new season.[4]

References

  1. ^ WRU Official Site
  2. ^ BBC News (2004-07-08). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
  3. ^ 1949 Around the Junior Clubs
  4. ^ "Start-of-season shock as Saracens pull out". Wales. 5 September 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2011.