Newcastle Emlyn RFC
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| Full name | Clwb Rygbi Castell Newydd Emlyn |
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| Union | Welsh Rugby Union |
| Nickname(s) | Red and Whites |
| Founded | 1977 |
| Location | Newcastle Emlyn, Wales |
| Ground(s) | Dôl Wiber |
| League(s) | SSE Swalec Championship |
| 2015/16 | 10th |
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Newcastle Emlyn RFC (Welsh: Clwb Rygbi Castell Newydd Emlyn) is a Welsh rugby union club based on the outskirts of the town in the community of Adpar, Ceredigion on the north bank of the River Teifi. The club currently plays in the WRU Championship (Known as SWALEC Championship for sponsorhip purposes) and is a feeder club for the Llanelli Scarlets.
The club was formed on 5 July 1977 following a public meeting held at the Emlyn Hall, Newcastle Emlyn which agreed that it should be named in Welsh Clwb Rygbi Castell Newydd Emlyn and that the red and white hooped jerseys worn by the football club should be adopted.
Mike Heycock of Felingeri Flour Mill, Cwmcou donated a set of jerseys and became the club’s first President.
The first games were played at Gelligatti fields next to the town cemetery. Four pine trees were felled in Cwm Morgan and transported by coal lorry to the town where they were stripped and painted in the club's colours for use as goal posts. The Headmaster of Emlyn School helped by allowing the use of the changing facilities and the occasional use of the school’s pitches for second team games.
The club’s H.Q. was established at the ‘Red Cow’ in Adpar and the old disused stables, ‘Y Stabal’, became the committee room, tea room, and changing room.
Clive Griffiths of Llanelli RFC was the team’s first coach who went on to become the Wales defence coach under Graham Henry and subsequently Mike Ruddock.
On Saturday 4 September 1977 Clwb Rygbi Castell Newydd Emlyn played its first game of rugby union football. The first team played at Laugharne against their 2nd XV and the Emlyn 2nd XV played a Cardigan 3rd team at the Secondary School field in Cardigan.
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