Pontypridd RFC
51.600460°N 3.346571°W Pontypridd Rugby Football Club (Welsh: Clwb Rygbi Pontypridd) is a rugby union team from Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales. It competes in the Indigo Group Premiership, that it won for four consecutive seasons between 2012 and 2015, and the WRU National Cup, that it has won on 6 different occasions, the most recent being in 2014.
| Full name | Pontypridd Rugby Football Club | ||
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| Nickname(s) | Ponty, The Valley Commandos | ||
| Founded | 1876 | ||
| Location | Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales | ||
| Ground(s) | Sardis Road (Capacity: 7,861) | ||
| Coach(es) | Gareth Wyatt & Lee Davies | ||
| Captain(s) | Kristian Parker | ||
| Most caps | Bob Penberthy 877 | ||
| Top scorer | Neil Jenkins 3,185 | ||
| Most tries | Karl Swain 179 | ||
| League(s) | Welsh Premier Division | ||
| 2021-22 | 7th | ||
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| Official website | |||
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Established in 1876, Pontypridd RFC play their home games on the banks of the River Rhondda, at Sardis Road, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf in Wales, with their age-grade section playing at Taff Vale Park in Pontypridd, and Pontypridd High School Fields in nearby Cilfynydd.
Pontypridd RFC experienced a successful period during the 1990s under head coach, Dennis John, referred to as the club's "Golden Age", and enjoyed further success between 2001 and 2003 with the appointment of head coach, Lynn Howells. The transition to Regional Rugby in Wales in 2003 saw the downgrading of Pontypridd to a semi-professional team, followed by financial difficulties for the club, and eventual demise of Pontypridd's "Celtic Warriors" region.
Pontypridd RFC has since refinanced and restructured, and, despite a mooted stadium sale, it continues to be regarded as a beacon for rugby in the south Wales Valleys.
Pontypridd RFC has produced numerous players for the Wales national rugby union team and long thrived on the 'unfashionable club' tag.