Newport Saracens RFC
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Full name | Newport Saracens Rugby Football Club | |
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Founded | 1932 | |
Location | Maesglas, Newport | |
Ground(s) | Maesglas Fields Past greats = Dave | |
Chairman | Nicky 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 | |
2014-15 | 1st champions[1] | |
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Official website | ||
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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
- ^ WRU Official Site
- ^ BBC News (2004-07-08). "Wales' regional rugby map". BBC. Retrieved 2008-05-31.
- ^ 1949 Around the Junior Clubs
- ^ "Start-of-season shock as Saracens pull out". Wales. 5 September 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2011.