Caerphilly RFC
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| Full name | Caerphilly Rugby Football Club Clwb Rygbi Caerffili | |
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| Nickname | The Cheesemen / The Castlemen | |
| Founded | 1887 | |
| Location | Caerphilly, Wales | |
| Ground | The Mollex Stadium (Capacity: 6,000) | |
| Chairman | Gareth Ashman | |
| Coach | Gareth Short / Niko Matawalu | |
| League | WRU Division One East Central | |
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Caerphilly Rugby Football Club is a Welsh rugby union team founded in 1887. Their home ground is The Mollex stadium in Caerphilly and their nickname is The Cheesemen. Caerphilly RFC currently play in the WRU Division One East Central and are a feeder club for Dragons RFC.[1]
Caerphilly RFC also run a thriving Mini and Junior Section with teams from Under 6's up to Youth. The Youth compete in the Dragons A League whilst the Seconds (known as the Diamonds) compete in a mid district 2nds league. Caerphilly Rugby Football Club is the largest Community Rugby Club in Wales by participation numbers
The club was formed on 17 August 1887,[2] and their first reported match was played on 20 October 1887, when Caerphilly played away to St. Andrew's (Cardiff), winning by 1 goal and 2 minors to 2 tries and 1 minor.[3] Caerphilly played 25 matches in their first season, winning 12, drawing 8, and losing 5.[4] Since then Caerphilly RFC have spent many years in the top divisions of Welsh league rugby. Caerphilly has twice been admitted as members of the WRU, once in 1900 and again in 1955 after the club had disbanded and then reformed.
